Measurements defaulting to pixel units

[ravenatwork]

Hi -
I recently changed my units of measure from centimeters to pixels whilst i
was messing with an image in Word 2007. After I was done, I changed the
measurement back to centimeters however now whenever I go to change a table
row height setting or a line spacing its displaying everything in px instead
of cm even though the setting via the Ribbon> Advanced is clearly set to
centimeters :S

I just want it to go back to how it twas... thanks in advance for your advice.

paul...

 

[Zorrina]

Hi Paul. I am not sure if this will work. Go to Tools --> Options -->
General. You should be able to change the measurement units here.

 

[Graham Mayor]

This is Word 2007. There is no Tools > Options > General in 2007.

Word 2007 Office button > Word Options > Advanced > Display > Show
measurements in units of
or if that doesn't fix it, see if
http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm does the trick.


--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[ravenatwork]

Thanks but this doens't resolve the problem. Measurements are set to
centimeters via Advanced> Display however line spacing, tables, etc are still
in units of px.
Not sure what the link refers to but it comes up as service unavailable.

This has got me beat - I'm sure someone must have experienced the same issue
by now? May just have to run a repair over Word?

Thanks for your help - any other suggestions gratefully received!

paul...

 

[Graham Mayor]

The link may be blocked by your company IT, which seems a bit short sighted,
however it suggests the following:

Press ALT+F11. This opens the macro editor. Press CTRL+G (View > Immediate
Window). This provides a 'chat' window in which you can type vba code to be
executed immediately. In that window, type
Options.UseCharacterUnit =False and press the enter key.

You can now close the macro editor and return to Word

Has that helped? If not then rename the Word data key in the registry and
rename the normal template to normal.old with Word closed. (See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm. ). You may be
blocked from doing this by your company IT settings in which case consult
your IT support.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[ravenatwork]

Found the problem... Word Options> Advanced> Display - uncheck the box that
says "Show pixels for HTML features". I must have checked this box
inadvertantly when I originally changed the measurements to pixels.

Sorry for the muck around but thanks for the help.

Cheers

 

[Graham Mayor]

Thanks for the feedback - I'll try and remember it for next time

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>