Margin issue

[rlafleur]

I opened a word doc today and instead of the margins measured in inches they
are being measured in pts. - how can I change this back? I don't know how to
do my margins in pts.

 

[Lene Fredborg]

Select Tools > Options > General tab. In "Measurement units", select Inches
and click OK.

In case of Word 2007, you will find the option here: Office button > Word
Options > Advanced category > View group > Show measurements in units of:

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[Terry Farrell]

Are you sure they are points. This is often a symptom that you have Asian
Language support enabled.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Prior to Word 2007
Tools > Options > General > Measurement Units

Word 2007
Office button > Word Options > Advanced > Display > Show measurements in
units of

or if that doesn't fix it, see
http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm


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