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select label size in mm
how do I change label sizes from inches to cm.
I have lorenz bell 48.5 X 25.4 |
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If you have selected cm as your default unit of measurement (Tools | Options
| General), label sizes should be shown in cm. -- 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. "graham richardson" graham wrote in message ... how do I change label sizes from inches to cm. I have lorenz bell 48.5 X 25.4 |
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If you want to use metric measurements as default, Suzanne's right on the
money. The ruler will also reflect the selected system. If it is just an occasional need, however, you can set the default as whatever you use most and still be able to specify measurements in a different system as long as you type the appropriate specs. Such as: Measurement System set to Inches, type in 48.5mm " " " to Centimeters, type in .5" or .5in I just throw this out there 'cause I prefer to work in Inches as a matter of default, but sometimes prefer to specify a certain measurement (other than font size) in points (pt). Comes in real handy. Regards |:) On 8/13/05 5:38 PM, in article , "graham richardson" graham wrote: how do I change label sizes from inches to cm. I have lorenz bell 48.5 X 25.4 |
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I do this, too, but I figured the OP wanted to *see* the measurements in cm
rather than enter them that way. IOW, when you look at the Details of a given label, the measurements are given in your default unit, and there's no way to change that on the fly. -- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... If you want to use metric measurements as default, Suzanne's right on the money. The ruler will also reflect the selected system. If it is just an occasional need, however, you can set the default as whatever you use most and still be able to specify measurements in a different system as long as you type the appropriate specs. Such as: Measurement System set to Inches, type in 48.5mm " " " to Centimeters, type in .5" or .5in I just throw this out there 'cause I prefer to work in Inches as a matter of default, but sometimes prefer to specify a certain measurement (other than font size) in points (pt). Comes in real handy. Regards |:) On 8/13/05 5:38 PM, in article , "graham richardson" graham wrote: how do I change label sizes from inches to cm. I have lorenz bell 48.5 X 25.4 |
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In this case the OP said "select" label size, so I took this to mean he
wanted Word to display the measurements for labels in cm so that he could select sizes based on those measurements. -- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... On 8/14/05 5:31 PM, in article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I figured the OP wanted to *see* the measurements in cm Excellent point - I should have mentioned that Word actually makes a conversion to the default. Regards |:) |
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