Go to Control Panel > Regional Settings. The measurement system is set
there, not in PowerPoint.
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"Karen" <kr_hiltz@hotmail> wrote in message
news:09c301c35827$007b5f40$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm using PowerPoint 97. When my hard drive got
> reformated, PowerPoint reinstalled with the Metric system.
> I can't figure out how to switch back to Imperial. Thanks
> for the help.