ruler tick marks

[Jason]

Recently i reinstalled my Microsoft Word. Once I ran it
though, I realized that the rulers on the side and the
top were all in cm. I changed the settings back to
inches, but the cm tick marks are still there. Does
anyone know how to fix this?

 

[Doug Robbins]

More likely, they are character units. See the following page of fellow MVP
Graham Mayor's website:

http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Dr. Awk]

Close, but no cigar.

I use cm as by default settings in Word2003 SP1. I have
set this in the control panel and all my page sizes,
paragraph indentations and tab stops are now in cm. great.

However, when I drag the ruler's "Left Indent" marker
(the little square under the hanging indent marker) it
snaps to the ruler at a position 1.27cm from the edge. I
know this is exactly a half inch. I have set the default
tab stop to be 1.5cm and would like the left indent
marker to snap to here. I know you can hold down ALT and
set it marker to twl decimal places, but why can't I get
the same in cm that inch users are being offered.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you tried adjusting the grid interval? Draw | Grid on the Drawing
toolbar.

 

[Dr. Awk]

Wear your MVP with pride Suzanne!

That's exactly what did it.

(Now if only Word did that automatically when I set it to
cm )

The Doctor