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Toggle Units of Measurements
I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and some that
need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this change, but is there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle this on and off? I need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or so. |
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I can sympathize, as I often wish it were easier to do this when I'm trying
to research a question for someone who uses metric units, but AFAIK there is no real shortcut. One thing I did do in Word 2003 that helps a lot is add the Options dialog to my Menu Bar, so that it's one click to open it; if you have the General tab selected, then it's a couple of clicks to change the measurement unit. In Windows 2007, I added Word Options to the QAT, but it's still a pretty long slog to find anything. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "That70sHeidi" wrote in message ... I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and some that need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this change, but is there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle this on and off? I need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or so. |
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I can sympathize, as I often wish it were easier to do this when I'm trying
to research a question for someone who uses metric units, but AFAIK there is no real shortcut. One thing I did do in Word 2003 that helps a lot is add the Options dialog to my Menu Bar, so that it's one click to open it; if you have the General tab selected, then it's a couple of clicks to change the measurement unit. In Windows 2007, I added Word Options to the QAT, but it's still a pretty long slog to find anything. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "That70sHeidi" wrote in message ... I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and some that need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this change, but is there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle this on and off? I need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or so. |
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That70sHeidi wrote:
I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and some that need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this change, but is there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle this on and off? I need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or so. Use the steps at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm to install this macro in your Normal template: Sub ToggleMeasurementUnits() If Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters Then Options.MeasurementUnit = wdInches Else Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters End If End Sub Then use the steps at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...roToHotkey.htm to assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro, or the steps at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm to assign a button to it (this is only for Word 2003 or earlier; in Word 2007 or 2010, use the Customize Quick Access Toolbar dialog instead). -- 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. |
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That70sHeidi wrote:
I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and some that need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this change, but is there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle this on and off? I need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or so. Use the steps at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm to install this macro in your Normal template: Sub ToggleMeasurementUnits() If Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters Then Options.MeasurementUnit = wdInches Else Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters End If End Sub Then use the steps at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...roToHotkey.htm to assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro, or the steps at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm to assign a button to it (this is only for Word 2003 or earlier; in Word 2007 or 2010, use the Customize Quick Access Toolbar dialog instead). -- 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. |
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Thank you thank you thank you! I'm doing this on many people's computers
today!!! "Jay Freedman" wrote: That70sHeidi wrote: I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and some that need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this change, but is there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle this on and off? I need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or so. Use the steps at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm to install this macro in your Normal template: Sub ToggleMeasurementUnits() If Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters Then Options.MeasurementUnit = wdInches Else Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters End If End Sub Then use the steps at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...roToHotkey.htm to assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro, or the steps at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm to assign a button to it (this is only for Word 2003 or earlier; in Word 2007 or 2010, use the Customize Quick Access Toolbar dialog instead). -- 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. . |
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Thank you thank you thank you! I'm doing this on many people's computers
today!!! "Jay Freedman" wrote: That70sHeidi wrote: I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and some that need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this change, but is there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle this on and off? I need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or so. Use the steps at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm to install this macro in your Normal template: Sub ToggleMeasurementUnits() If Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters Then Options.MeasurementUnit = wdInches Else Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters End If End Sub Then use the steps at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...roToHotkey.htm to assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro, or the steps at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm to assign a button to it (this is only for Word 2003 or earlier; in Word 2007 or 2010, use the Customize Quick Access Toolbar dialog instead). -- 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. . |
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