Margin Measurement Changed to PT Rather Than Inches

[Guest]

For some reason, my horizontal ruler measurement has changed from inches (")
to pt (pt). This is also the case in the page set up. I have not been able
to figure out how to get my margin measurement to default back to inches (").
Help!

 

[garfield-n-odie]

In Word, click on Tools | Options | General | Measurement units:
Inches | OK. If that doesn't work, then see
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299339 "You cannot change
ruler measurement unit from character units after upgrade to
Office XP" or http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm .

 

[singsong]

In Word, click on Tools | Options | General | Measurement units: Inches
| OK. If that doesn't work, then see
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299339 "You cannot change ruler
measurement unit from character units after upgrade to Office XP" or
http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm .

Unfortunately, I'm using Word 2000 with Win2000, so the Microsoft FAQ
about XP and Word 2003 doesn't apply.

Last week, the ruler on old documents began to default to points when I
converted them to Adobe PDF (Acrobat 7 Pro). Now many, but not all old
and new documents default to points. I can change anything to inches,
I've trashed and recreated my Normal.dot but it continues to happen.

Can you suggest a troubleshooting approach, please?

Thank you,

R.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Have you tried the solution at
http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm ? The object model of Word
2000 certainly includes the UseCharacterUnit property, so it is
possible that this is the problem.

 

[singsong]

Have you tried the solution at
http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm ? The object model of Word
2000 certainly includes the UseCharacterUnit property, so it is
possible that this is the problem.

I have, but that is about character units not points vs. inches. It
seems to be an Adobe PDFwriter problem. I'll check in Adobe land.

Thank you!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think our assumption is that you may have been mistaking character units
for points (as many users do).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[singsong]

Have you tried the solution at
http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm ? The object model of Word
2000 certainly includes the UseCharacterUnit property, so it is
possible that this is the problem.

The Adobe workaround (this was an Adobe Acrobat-caused problem) is to
print to PDF rather than use the PDF on the toolbar. It worked!

 

[Stefan Blom]

I'm glad to learn that you found a solution!