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Setting preferences
In "envelopes and labelslabelsoptionsnew label" I would like to set the
custom measurements to 3 places after the decimal point instead of the default setting of two places. How do a I do this? |
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:20:16 -0500, Jay Freedman
wrote: On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:51:02 -0800, "Taos Librarian" Taos wrote: In "envelopes and labelslabelsoptionsnew label" I would like to set the custom measurements to 3 places after the decimal point instead of the default setting of two places. How do a I do this? Sorry, it can't be done -- Word will always round your measurements to two decimal places. Actually, it can be done, quite easily. Just type in the measurements to three places. Word will store the results correctly. However, Word will round the display to two places. This has two consequences. First, it may make you think that Word only stores the result to two places. Second, if you ever click OK on the dialog box again, for example because you just wanted to look at the numbers or because you wanted to change just one of them, you will be in trouble. That is because Word will take the displayed two-pace numbers and assume that these are correct, and will store these values. If you just want to look at the numbers, use Cancel instead of OK. If you want to change one thing, make sure that you re-enter all the measurements correctly to as many places as you require before pressing OK. An alternative is to change your measurement units to "points" before using the dialog. You can enter any measurement you want to the nearest .05 point, which is plenty close enough. (There are 72 points to the inch.) Most of Word's measurement dialog boxes work this way, and will respond to the same treatment. One exception is the drawing grid dialog; it rounds on the input as well as on the display. For this one there is no reasonable alternative to using points for entry. Bob S |
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