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David - 29 Jul 2005 21:52 GMT

Having moved from Ireland to the US I'd like to use "Letter" size
instead of A4, and also to see the ruler in inches. Is this a setting
in Word 2002 or in WinXP. I used to be able to do it so easily in
Win98 & Word 97, but now??????

David

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garfield-n-odie - 29 Jul 2005 22:13 GMT

> Having moved from Ireland to the US I'd like to use "Letter" size
> instead of A4, and also to see the ruler in inches. Is this a setting
> in Word 2002 or in WinXP. I used to be able to do it so easily in
> Win98 & Word 97, but now??????
>
> David

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David - 29 Jul 2005 23:03 GMT

Thank you very much. Just one other thing... Having just changed from
Word 97 to 2002 I really don't like the Task pane, there's just not
enough space on a laptop screen. I have turned it off a few times in
Options, but the pesky thing keeps re-appearing. Can I zap it so it
never come back?

David

>The ruler in Word can be changed by clicking on Tools | Options |
>General | Measurement units: Inches | OK. The default paper size
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>> David

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garfield-n-odie - 29 Jul 2005 23:08 GMT

Install the task pane controller add-in from
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/ShowTaskPane.htm .

> Thank you very much. Just one other thing... Having just changed from
> Word 97 to 2002 I really don't like the Task pane, there's just not
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>>>David

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David - 30 Jul 2005 02:31 GMT

Wow! An answer in five minutes! Thanks a lot.

David

>Install the task pane controller add-in from
>http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/ShowTaskPane.htm .
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>> enough space on a laptop screen. I have turned it off a few times in
>> Options, but the pesky thing keep

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