Glad that worked - but ALT+drag will allow you to position any set tab
accurately.

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Graham Mayor wrote:
Use ALT drag to set the toolbar tabs to any position.

I think you'll find the issue you describe is related to the default
grid (set from the drawing toolbar draw grid)


"Eric G" wrote in message
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XPP SP2
Office Word 2003 SP1


Since I live in Europe (Sweden) I work in metric units and have set
my
system Measurements to metric. In Word under Options -
General, I have set my Measurement units to Centimeters. When check
my
Paragraph settings (Format - Paragraph) all
measurements are showing in centimeters. In my styles, all
measurements show in centimeters.

But, when I click on the ruler in Word to set a new tab position, the
system attempts to set new tabs according to the imperial (inch)
measurement system, i.e. when clicking on 3 cm, the actual tab ends
up at
2.86 cm, when the ruler is clicked at 4 cm, the tab ends up at
4.13 cm. When tabs are set from the menu, Format - Tabs, I can
chose any
measurement I like, e.g. 1 or 5 cm and the tab stays at the
desired position.

Any ideas how I can overcome this inconvenience?

Best regards,


Eric G
Stockholm, Sweden