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Using the latest version of Word including most recet updates.
Until recently my rulers displayed correctly. Recently they changed and are
displaying a very small measurement (?points), even though the measurement
units in Tools | Options | General are set at inches. Measurements elsewhere
such as margins, page size, appear correctly in inches.
Has the programme become corrupted or have I missed a festure?
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You are probably seeing character units. See
http://gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm.

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Using the latest version of Word including most recet updates.
Until recently my rulers displayed correctly. Recently they changed

and are
displaying a very small measurement (?points), even though the

measurement
units in Tools | Options | General are set at inches. Measurements

elsewhere
such as margins, page size, appear correctly in inches.
Has the programme become corrupted or have I missed a festure?




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Default Why are my ruler measurements in points when my default is inches

More likely character units - http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm

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Alan Rich wrote:
Using the latest version of Word including most recet updates.
Until recently my rulers displayed correctly. Recently they changed
and are displaying a very small measurement (?points), even though
the measurement units in Tools | Options | General are set at inches.
Measurements elsewhere such as margins, page size, appear correctly
in inches.
Has the programme become corrupted or have I missed a festure?



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