Changing ruler measurements (centimeters to inches)

[Dungeon Rat]

I work in a Citrix environment (which always complicates things). I,
and some of my users, see our PowerPoint ruler measurements in
centimeters, even tho our measurements in Word are in inches. The
regional settings within Citrix are for U.S. measurements, and the
settings for my local computer are also for U.S. -- in fact, if I run
PowerPoint outside of Citrix the PowerPoint measurements show in
inches.

Every article I find says that measurements cannot be changed from
inside PowerPoint but only thru the local computer's regional
settings. Has anyone found any clever way around that? Or are there
any Citrix users out there who've run across this? Thanks.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Yes, Citrix does complicate things, doubly so for PowerPoint. Generally,
PowerPoint does not like working over networks; Citrix keeps the app and
data file on the same computer, but sends the screens over the network.
This shouldn't foul the program, but ....

PowerPoint pulls the ruler settings from the host system's regional settings
(as you already know). With Citrix involved, you will need to track down
what PowerPoint is considering it's host system. It may be one of the
servers, or the Citrix program itself, but it is probably not the computer
the user is using.

PowerPoint does not control this setting, so there is no internal PowerPoint
solution. Perhaps a small VB6 app or such could be written that calls on
the shell computer's settings via API functions.

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[Dungeon Rat]

Dear Bill:

Thanks for the quick feedback. I've confirmed that it's not server
specific (we have 6 servers) but rather user-specific, so it may be
tied in somehow with the user's profile. The person who sets up the
Citrix profiles didn't really know where to start, but I'm going to
pass on your info to see if that suggests anything to him. At least
I'll no longer beat myself to death trying to find some hidden switch
in PowerPoint itself!