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Annette - 10 Aug 2007 18:54 GMT

My default measurement unit in Word keeps returning to points. I go into
Tools - Options - General and reset the measurement unit to inches. It's
good for a while, then all of a sudden it's measuring in points. Is there
something else I should be doing in order to lock Word into inches?

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Graham Mayor - 11 Aug 2007 06:44 GMT

Are you sure they are points? See http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm

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> My default measurement unit in Word keeps returning to points. I go
> into Tools - Options - General and reset the measurement unit to
> inches. It's good for a while, then all of a sudden it's measuring
> in points. Is there something else I should be doing in order to
> lock Word into inches?

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Annette - 13 Aug 2007 14:00 GMT

Yes, because when I open "Options" and look at what is chosen from the
"Measurement units:" drop-down list it says Points

> Are you sure they are points? See http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm
>
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> > in points. Is there something else I should be doing in order to
> > lock Word into inches?

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Graham Mayor - 13 Aug 2007 14:15 GMT

OK -The character unit problem is more common, but Word 2003 particularly
has a bad habit of randomly changing settings in tools > options, that are
stored in the Word data key of the registry. Deleting or renaming the Word
Data key in the registry is said to fix it - but the problem tends to
return. You can fix it permanently by adding the following line to an
autonew and an autoopen macro in normal.dot

Options.MeasurementUnit = wdInches

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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> Yes, because when I open "Options" and look at what is chosen from the
> "Measurement units:" drop-down list it says Points
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>>> in points. Is there something else I should be doing in order to
>>> lock Word into inches?

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Annette - 13 Aug 2007 14:36 GMT

Oh, boy...I've never done this before...but no better way to start out the
week but with a learning experience...Thank You!!!

> OK -The character unit problem is more common, but Word 2003 particularly
> has a bad habit of randomly changing settings in tools > options, that are
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> >>> in points. Is there something else I should be doing in order to
> >>> lock Word into inches?

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Graham Mayor - 13 Aug 2007 15:03 GMT

If you don't already have an autonet and an autoopen macro in the macro
listings, then simply copy the following

Sub Autoopen()
Options.MeasurementUnit = wdInches
End Sub
Sub AutoNew()
Options.MeasurementUnit = wdInches
End Sub

to the vba editor as shown in the web page.

At the bottom of that page you will see the same Autonew/open macros used to
address a number of the more common issues.

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> Oh, boy...I've never done this before...but no better way to start
> out the week but with a learning experience...Thank You!!!
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>>>>> measuring in points. Is there something else I should be doing
>>>>> in order to lock Word into inches?

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