Thanks so much. Of course, after I posted the question, the fact that "ch"
likely stood for character became apparent. But it's still a bother when I've
been used to setting indents by tenths of an inch instead.

The page referenced shows a workaround but it requires running a macro every
time you open a document, apparently.



"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Character units - see http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm

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The Dope wrote:
In Word 2002, in the Paragraph window, when setting the indentation
for a paragraph, the unit displayed is "ch". What is this or what
does it stand for? I can find nothing about it in help anywhere. I
have units set to display in inches, though it doesn't matter what
unit I choose, it always displays "ch" in the paragraph indent area.