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Unable to change "Units and Increments"

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Philip Anders

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Mar 18, 2003, 11:50:09 AM3/18/03
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I have changed my "Units and Increments" to inches instead of picas (edit/preferences/units and measurements). Yet no matter how many times I make sure it says "inches", I still get "picas" whenever I start a new document. To make matters worse, I am unable to even change it in page layout to inches but typing it in as 10" or 10 inches or whatever. It just keeps changing back to picas. So I have to mathematically figure out what size to set it at using a calculator. What a PITA!!!

Am I missing a step here, or do I have a bug?

Thanks for any help

email responses are most appreciated. pan...@spamcop.net

michelle jean rice

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Mar 18, 2003, 12:23:34 PM3/18/03
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You probably know this, but be sure you don't have any documents open when you set your preference.

Philip Anders

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Mar 18, 2003, 12:59:36 PM3/18/03
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Well DUH!!!

I didnt even think about not having any documents open!! That was the problem.

Thanks for the help

Phil

Olav Kvern

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Mar 18, 2003, 12:56:22 PM3/18/03
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Philip--

Set the preference with no documents open to set the application's default units--this will affect all new documents you create.

But you needn't resort to a calculator when the units aren't what you expect--instead, use InDesign's measurement overrides to enter the values. All of InDesign's numeric fields can use these overrides.

For inches, enter "i" after the number--6.5i, for example.

For picas, enter "p"--1p6 would be one pica, six points.

For millimeters, enter "m"--2.5m.

For points, enter "pt"--142.5pt.

When you enter measurement unit overrides, InDesign will convert them into the current measurement units.

Thanks,

Ole

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