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36 <topic id=
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37 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Selecting Measurement Units
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38 <filename>/text/shared/guide/measurement_units.xhp
</filename>
41 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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42 <lastedited date=
"2005-04-22T12:49:25">converted from old format - fpe
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47 <bookmark_value>measurement units;selecting
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48 <bookmark_value>units;measurement units
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49 <bookmark_value>centimeters
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50 <bookmark_value>inches
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51 <bookmark_value>distances
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52 <bookmark_value>selecting;measurement units
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"measurement_units"><link href=
"text/shared/guide/measurement_units.xhp" name=
"Selecting Measurement Units">Selecting Measurement Units
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55 </variable></paragraph>
56 <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>
59 <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>
62 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3153345" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"3">Choose
<emph>Tools - Options
</emph>.
</paragraph>
65 <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>
66 <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>
69 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3150443" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"6">Click on
<emph>General
</emph>.
</paragraph>
72 <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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76 <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>
77 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3148473" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"9"><link href=
"text/shared/optionen/01040200.xhp" name=
"Tools - Options - Writer - General">Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - General
</link></paragraph>