Joined: Jul 05, 2005 Posts: 685 Location: North West England
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:39 am Post subject: Mismatched units of measurement
The units of measurement in my Writer document are set to centimetres, yet the Drawing Object Properties toolbar displays the line thickness in inches (symbolised by the " symbol) - see picture. If I Control-click the object and select Line… from the contextual menu the resulting dialog shows the line thickness in centimetres, but when I choose a thickness the Drawing Object Properties toolbar display shows the approximate equivalent thickness in inches instead. Is there any way I can get it to display in centimetres? _________________ MacBook Pro
13-inch, Mid 2012
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)
You need to set the Draw module's unit of measure to centimeters. To do this, select the File :: New :: Drawing menu to open a new, empty Draw document. While in that new Draw document, select the Tools :: Options menu and in the dialog that appears, select the NeoOffice Draw :: General item, change the "Units of measurement" listbox to "Centimeters", and click the OK button.
Joined: Jul 05, 2005 Posts: 685 Location: North West England
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:12 am Post subject:
Thanks Patrick,
I had tried what you suggested, and the Draw module's units of measurement were already showing centimeters. (I should have mentioned in my OP that I tried that step) Anyway, I tried it again this time and the Draw module's units of measurement were shown as centimeters. Although I had made no changes, I clicked OK and this time it showed correctly when I switched back into Writer.
Thanks again, James _________________ MacBook Pro
13-inch, Mid 2012
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)
I also found the Draw setting to be "sticky" when I was accessing a Draw object in Writer. I think I had to close my Writer document completely before the changed Draw setting took effect.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You cannot download files in this forum