Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Changing units from CM to inches in ruler in Ms-word 2007.

Sometimes when you change display option from Office Button >>Word Option>>Advance>>Display, you can’t see any changes in ruler. Mostly it is because of Asian language compatibility. 

If you have this problem, you can correct this by doing following steps. 

  • Go to Office Button (Left top corner, round button) 
  • Click on WORD OPTION (Near the “Exit word” button)
  • Click on ADVANCED in the left panel.
  • Go to the DISPLAY.
  • Go to the Show measurement in unit of  drop down menu with Inches, Centimeters, Millimeters, Points, or Picas. Selcet one of them (e.g. Inches)
  • Click on OK

Now,

  • Press ALT+F11. You can see the macro editor. 
  • Press CTRL+G (or Go to View >> Immediate Window).  
  • In this window, type vba code as follows:

          Options.UseCharacterUnit =False

Then press Enter.

Now, it’s done. You can see your ruler in Inches.

Good luck. 

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