I understand that you can format output by using -autosize -wrap, fl, ft and various other methods. However I'm a little confused about formatting columns so I can see all the output. When I run gv PSVersionTable | ft -wrap the output it still cutoff with a ...
I know I can run $psversiontable, but I want to know why gv Error | ft -wrap wraps the text properly but gv PSVersionTable | ft -wrap does not.
It depends on the object. Some object types have pre-defined formatting instructions provided by Microsoft, and their formatting will reflect that default unless you do something completely custom – e.g., define each output column yourself.
As an example. There are other examples in the help for Format-Table. The point is, when you list out the columns yourself – whether you create custom ones or not, as I've done with ColumnC in my example – the default formatting doesn't apply.
