Even though my ruler settings has inches as the selection, the actual ruler
does not appear as inches, but as "ch." What is this and how do I correct?

"Karan" wrote in message
...
Even though my ruler settings has inches as the selection, the actual
ruler
does not appear as inches, but as "ch." What is this and how do I
correct?




I looked it up since it made me curious also:
1.. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.
2.. In the Measurement units box, click the option you want.
That should do it.

karen

Karan wrote:
Even though my ruler settings has inches as the selection, the actual
ruler does not appear as inches, but as "ch." What is this and how
do I correct?

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

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

I would just like to add that in this box, you can unclick the "Characters
Unit" box (2 boxes below the measurment unit drop down)

"kmm59" wrote:


"Karan" wrote in message
...
Even though my ruler settings has inches as the selection, the actual
ruler
does not appear as inches, but as "ch." What is this and how do I
correct?




I looked it up since it made me curious also:
1.. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.
2.. In the Measurement units box, click the option you want.
That should do it.

karen

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


Clee wrote:
I would just like to add that in this box, you can unclick the
"Characters Unit" box (2 boxes below the measurment unit drop down)

"kmm59" wrote:


"Karan" wrote in message
...
Even though my ruler settings has inches as the selection, the
actual ruler does not appear as inches, but as "ch." What is this
and how do I correct?




I looked it up since it made me curious also:
1.. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General
tab.
2.. In the Measurement units box, click the option you want.
That should do it.

karen

Clee, I only have 1 box below the measurment unit drop down and that is "Show
pixels for HTML feature". Also the "Character Unit" box is set for inches,
but in Word the ruler still displays in centimeters?



"Clee" wrote:

I would just like to add that in this box, you can unclick the "Characters
Unit" box (2 boxes below the measurment unit drop down)

"kmm59" wrote:


"Karan" wrote in message
...
Even though my ruler settings has inches as the selection, the actual
ruler
does not appear as inches, but as "ch." What is this and how do I
correct?




I looked it up since it made me curious also:
1.. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.
2.. In the Measurement units box, click the option you want.
That should do it.

karen

Hi Graham Mayor. My "Unit Measurement" box under Tools, Options, General tab
is set for inches already. But my ruler still displays in centimeters. The
same for my indenting options as well as my space options. They all are set
for centimeters?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

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


Clee wrote:
I would just like to add that in this box, you can unclick the
"Characters Unit" box (2 boxes below the measurment unit drop down)

"kmm59" wrote:


"Karan" wrote in message
...
Even though my ruler settings has inches as the selection, the
actual ruler does not appear as inches, but as "ch." What is this
and how do I correct?




I looked it up since it made me curious also:
1.. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General
tab.
2.. In the Measurement units box, click the option you want.
That should do it.

karen

Karen, When I click on Tool menu, click Options, and click the General tab,
the measurement units box is set for inches--but my ruler still displays
centimeters.

Lucy

Lucy,

Did you *read* the article that Graham pointed to?

Those are not centimeters, they're "character units", and the article
describes a simple method for getting rid of them. When you follow the steps
in the article, your ruler and other options will appear in inches, as the
dialog says they should be.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Lucy wrote:
Hi Graham Mayor. My "Unit Measurement" box under Tools, Options,
General tab is set for inches already. But my ruler still displays in
centimeters. The same for my indenting options as well as my space
options. They all are set for centimeters?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

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


Clee wrote:
I would just like to add that in this box, you can unclick the
"Characters Unit" box (2 boxes below the measurment unit drop down)

"kmm59" wrote:


"Karan" wrote in message
...
Even though my ruler settings has inches as the selection, the
actual ruler does not appear as inches, but as "ch." What is this
and how do I correct?




I looked it up since it made me curious also:
1.. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General
tab.
2.. In the Measurement units box, click the option you want.
That should do it.

karen

See Jay's reply to your previous duplicate question. You need to *read* the
referenced article.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Lucy" wrote in message
news
Karen, When I click on Tool menu, click Options, and click the General
tab,
the measurement units box is set for inches--but my ruler still displays
centimeters.

Lucy