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Page measurement methodology
Pages are general measure in inches in MS Word. However, I had a page in
Word whose inch measurements were converted to points (pts). I made the mistake of clicking the default button in the page set. Rather than reset the factory settings, it set points as the measurement methodology. I deparately want to change the page measurement back to inches. Do anyone know how that can be done. Thanks. |
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A drastic way is to revert to a factory-default Normal.dot (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...cNotBlank.htm), but are you just seeing the dimensions in points instead of inches? If so, you can change that back in Tools | Options | General. If you're asking what the default page margins are in inches, they're 1" top and bottom, 1.25" left and right, 0.5" header and footer. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Sailor Man, Roger" wrote in message ... Pages are general measure in inches in MS Word. However, I had a page in Word whose inch measurements were converted to points (pts). I made the mistake of clicking the default button in the page set. Rather than reset the factory settings, it set points as the measurement methodology. I deparately want to change the page measurement back to inches. Do anyone know how that can be done. Thanks. |
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In Word 2003 and earlier, from the Tools menu, select Options and then go to
the General tab and select Inches from the Measurement units pulldown. Just in case they are not actually points, take a look at the "Strange Ruler Measurements" article on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website at: http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Sailor Man, Roger" wrote in message ... Pages are general measure in inches in MS Word. However, I had a page in Word whose inch measurements were converted to points (pts). I made the mistake of clicking the default button in the page set. Rather than reset the factory settings, it set points as the measurement methodology. I deparately want to change the page measurement back to inches. Do anyone know how that can be done. Thanks. |
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Ms. Barnhill,
Thank you. What an easy fix. I had looked there but must have overlooked being able to reset the dimensions. Thank you for your help. Sorry to have asked such a easy question. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A drastic way is to revert to a factory-default Normal.dot (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...cNotBlank.htm), but are you just seeing the dimensions in points instead of inches? If so, you can change that back in Tools | Options | General. If you're asking what the default page margins are in inches, they're 1" top and bottom, 1.25" left and right, 0.5" header and footer. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Sailor Man, Roger" wrote in message ... Pages are general measure in inches in MS Word. However, I had a page in Word whose inch measurements were converted to points (pts). I made the mistake of clicking the default button in the page set. Rather than reset the factory settings, it set points as the measurement methodology. I deparately want to change the page measurement back to inches. Do anyone know how that can be done. Thanks. |
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