Have you tried the solution at
http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm ? The object model of Word
2000 certainly includes the UseCharacterUnit property, so it is
possible that this is the problem.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"singsong" wrote in message
...
garfield-n-odie wrote:
In Word, click on Tools | Options | General | Measurement units:
Inches
| OK. If that doesn't work, then see
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299339 "You cannot change ruler
measurement unit from character units after upgrade to Office XP"
or
http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm .

GrapeTV wrote:

For some reason, my horizontal ruler measurement has changed from
inches (") to pt (pt). This is also the case in the page set up.
I
have not been able to figure out how to get my margin measurement
to
default back to inches ("). Help!


Unfortunately, I'm using Word 2000 with Win2000, so the Microsoft
FAQ
about XP and Word 2003 doesn't apply.

Last week, the ruler on old documents began to default to points
when I
converted them to Adobe PDF (Acrobat 7 Pro). Now many, but not all
old
and new documents default to points. I can change anything to
inches,
I've trashed and recreated my Normal.dot but it continues to happen.

Can you suggest a troubleshooting approach, please?

Thank you,

R.