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<title id="tit">Selecting Measurement Units</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id3159201"><bookmark_value>documents;measurement units in</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>measurement units;selecting</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>centimeters</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>inches</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>distances</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3159201"><variable id="measurement_units"><link href="text/shared/guide/measurement_units.xhp">Selecting Measurement Units</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146957">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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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10674">Open a document of the type for which you want to change the measurement units.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153345">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154749">In the left pane of the dialog, double-click the application for which you want to select the measurement unit.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147653">Double-click <emph>%PRODUCTNAME Writer</emph> if you want to select the measurement units for text documents.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150443">Click on <emph>General</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147335">On the <emph>General</emph> tab page, select the measurement unit. Close the dialog with <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153126"><link href="text/shared/00/00000003.xhp">Entering measurement units directly</link></paragraph>
    <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148473"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01040200.xhp">%PRODUCTNAME Writer - General</link></paragraph>
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