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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selecting Measurement Units</title>
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32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3159201"><bookmark_value>documents;measurement units in</bookmark_value>
33<bookmark_value>measurement units;selecting</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>units;measurement units</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>centimeters</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>inches</bookmark_value>
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40<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>
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42<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>
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45<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>
46</listitem>
47<listitem>
48<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>
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51<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>
52<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>
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55<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Click on <emph>General</emph>.</paragraph>
56</listitem>
57<listitem>
58<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>
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62<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>
63<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>
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