[Annette]

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?

[Graham Mayor]

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

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Annette wrote:
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?

[Annette]

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

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

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

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Annette wrote:
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?

[Graham Mayor]

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

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


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

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

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

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Annette wrote:
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?

[Annette]

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

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

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

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


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

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

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

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Annette wrote:
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?

[Graham Mayor]

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.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



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

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

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

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


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

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

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

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Annette wrote:
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?