On 2011/05/27, at 11:32 , James R. Frysinger wrote: > I'm in the process of setting up a new computer for my business and > discovered something surprising. While setting options in the subject-named > program on this Windows 7 OS, I discovered that "centimeter" is the default > value under "Display" for "Show measurements in units of:". > > That's the first office program I've seen that defaults to metric! I cannot > think of anything I set in the Windows 7 preferences that would have caused > that. > > Jim
Dear Jim, What are the default settings on your new computer for page margins? I use the latest (2011) version of Microsoft Word for Mac and it's default settings all came in inches. After I set my preferred length setting for millimetres, MS Word changed the page margin defaults to 25.4 mm top and bottom and 31.8 mm for right and left margins. You may recall that I have written a short article about this issue previously at http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/PageBordersInchesORmillimetres.pdf By the way, does your new MS Word allow you to set your own default in millimetres? Or are you stuck with a choice between inches or centimetres? Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
