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From: That70sHeidi on 20 May 2010 11:52
I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and some that
need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this change, but is
there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle this on and off? I
need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or so.
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 20 May 2010 12:05
I can sympathize, as I often wish it were easier to do this when I'm trying
to research a question for someone who uses metric units, but AFAIK there is
no real shortcut. One thing I did do in Word 2003 that helps a lot is add
the Options dialog to my Menu Bar, so that it's one click to open it; if you
have the General tab selected, then it's a couple of clicks to change the
measurement unit. In Windows 2007, I added Word Options to the QAT, but it's
still a pretty long slog to find anything.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"That70sHeidi" <That70sHeidi(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and some
>that
> need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this change, but is
> there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle this on and off? I
> need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or so.
>

From: Jay Freedman on 20 May 2010 12:40
That70sHeidi wrote:
> I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and
> some that need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this
> change, but is there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle
> this on and off? I need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or
> so.

Use the steps at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm to install this
macro in your Normal template:

Sub ToggleMeasurementUnits()
If Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters Then
Options.MeasurementUnit = wdInches
Else
Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters
End If
End Sub

Then use the steps at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToHotkey.htm to
assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro, or the steps at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToToolbar.htm to
assign a button to it (this is only for Word 2003 or earlier; in Word 2007
or 2010, use the Customize Quick Access Toolbar dialog instead).

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
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From: That70sHeidi on 24 May 2010 10:46
Thank you thank you thank you! I'm doing this on many people's computers
today!!!

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> That70sHeidi wrote:
> > I have some documents that need to be worked on in centimeters, and
> > some that need to be worked on in inches. I know where to find this
> > change, but is there a shortcut button or keyboard shortcut to toggle
> > this on and off? I need to change back and forth every 10 minutes or
> > so.
>
> Use the steps at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm to install this
> macro in your Normal template:
>
> Sub ToggleMeasurementUnits()
> If Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters Then
> Options.MeasurementUnit = wdInches
> Else
> Options.MeasurementUnit = wdCentimeters
> End If
> End Sub
>
> Then use the steps at
> http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToHotkey.htm to
> assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro, or the steps at
> http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToToolbar.htm to
> assign a button to it (this is only for Word 2003 or earlier; in Word 2007
> or 2010, use the Customize Quick Access Toolbar dialog instead).
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
>
> .
>
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