You cannot change ruler measurement unit from character units after upgrade to Office XP (299339)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office Word 2003
- Microsoft Word 2002
This article was previously published under Q299339 Important This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you
understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information
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article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry SYMPTOMS After you upgrade from Microsoft Office 2000 to Microsoft
Office XP, the ruler in Microsoft Word is displayed in character units. You
cannot change this unit of measurement.CAUSE When you upgrade from Office 2000 to Office XP, the
Use character units check box is automatically selected.
However, you can change this setting only if you have an East Asian language
turned on on your computer. If you do not have an East Asian language turned
on, you cannot clear the Use character units check box.
Therefore, any change you make to the units of measurement for the ruler has no
effect. RESOLUTION To resolve this problem use either of the following
methods. Method 1: Turn character units off from Visual Basic Editor- In Word, press ALT+F11 to run the Visual Basic
Editor.
- On the View menu, click Immediate Window.
- In the Immediate Window, type the following command
Options.UseCharacterUnit=False
and then press Enter.
Method 2: Delete the Data Settings registry key This method allows Word to re-create the default settings, which,
in turn, allows you to edit the measurements on the ruler. To delete this
registry key, follow these steps. Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. - Make sure that you quit Microsoft Word before you edit the
registry.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
- In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Data\Settings
- In the right pane of the Registry Editor window, click the Settings value entry.
- On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion. Quit the Registry Editor.
- Start Microsoft Word.
STATUSMicrosoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section of this article.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/27/2006 |
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Keywords: | kbprb kbUpgrade KB299339 |
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