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You can choose from the available <link href="text/shared/00/00000003.xhp#metrik" name="measurement units">measurement units</link>.</paragraph> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="howtoget"> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/00/00000405.xhp#fospob"/> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:MetricField:RID_SCDLG_COL_OPT:ED_VALUE" id="bm_id3153192" localize="false"/> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Add</paragraph> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150449" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4"><ahelp hid="SC:METRICFIELD:RID_SCDLG_COL_OPT:ED_VALUE">Defines additional spacing between the longest entry in a column and the vertical column borders.</ahelp></paragraph> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:CheckBox:RID_SCDLG_COL_OPT:BTN_DEFVAL" id="bm_id3155855" localize="false"/> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145785" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Default value</paragraph> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="SC:CHECKBOX:RID_SCDLG_COL_OPT:BTN_DEFVAL">Defines the optimal column width in order to display the entire contents of the column.</ahelp> The additional spacing for the optimal column width is preset to 0.1 in.</paragraph> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 65