1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3 4<!--*********************************************************************** 5 * 6 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 7 * 8 * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 9 * 10 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 11 * 12 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 13 * 14 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 15 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 16 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 17 * 18 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 19 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 20 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 21 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 22 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 23 * 24 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 25 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 26 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 27 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 28 * 29 ************************************************************************--> 30 31<helpdocument version="1.0"> 32<meta> 33<topic id="textsharedguidemeasurement_unitsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selecting Measurement Units</title> 35<filename>/text/shared/guide/measurement_units.xhp</filename> 36</topic> 37<history> 38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 39<lastedited date="2005-04-22T12:49:25">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 40</history> 41</meta> 42<body> 43<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3159201"><bookmark_value>documents;measurement units in</bookmark_value> 44<bookmark_value>measurement units;selecting</bookmark_value> 45<bookmark_value>units;measurement units</bookmark_value> 46<bookmark_value>centimeters</bookmark_value> 47<bookmark_value>inches</bookmark_value> 48<bookmark_value>distances</bookmark_value> 49<bookmark_value>selecting;measurement units</bookmark_value> 50</bookmark> 51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159201" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="C"><variable id="measurement_units"><link href="text/shared/guide/measurement_units.xhp" name="Selecting Measurement Units">Selecting Measurement Units</link> 52</variable></paragraph> 53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146957" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">You can select separate measurement units for $[officename] Writer, $[officename] Writer/Web, $[officename] Calc, $[officename] Impress and $[officename] Draw documents.</paragraph> 54<list type="ordered"> 55<listitem> 56<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open a document of the type for which you want to change the measurement units.</paragraph> 57</listitem> 58<listitem> 59<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline></emph>.</paragraph> 60</listitem> 61<listitem> 62<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">In the left pane of the dialog, double-click the application for which you want to select the measurement unit.</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147653" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="5">Double-click <emph>%PRODUCTNAME Writer</emph> if you want to select the measurement units for text documents.</paragraph> 64</listitem> 65<listitem> 66<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Click on <emph>General</emph>.</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68<listitem> 69<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="7">On the <emph>General</emph> tab page, select the measurement unit. Close the dialog with <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 70</listitem> 71</list> 72<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 73<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="8"><link href="text/shared/00/00000003.xhp" name="Entering measurement units directly">Entering measurement units directly</link></paragraph> 74<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148473" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01040200.xhp" name="Writer - General">%PRODUCTNAME Writer - General</link></paragraph> 75</body> 76</helpdocument> 77