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Article #8769Re: Word 4.0 don't like centimetres
From: Dana E. Keil
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 21:19
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1991 21:19
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zune@lysator.liu.se (Andreas Magnusson) writes: >I was writing my report on Word 4.0 (US version) when I thought that I >would like to have tabs spaced on centimetres. Though luck! >I noticed that when I set a tab as near 1 cm as possible, it became 0,9968 >or something like this. I have noticed this in the Swedish version too. >Why doesn't Word like cm ? Is it quickdraw, or just because the US still uses >inches? Word does the same thing to inches most of the time. Change your preferences to inches and you'll see it do the same as it does to cm -- 2" becomes 1.988" and so forth. No one is really why this is but there are those who believe that there is a proprietary measurement system (Microsoftmetres) in place in anticipation of the day when we a have one world government ruled by Bill Gates. ;-) -- Dana E. Keil Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California, Berkeley dana@are.berkeley.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!dana From: dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Word 4.0 don't like centimetres Keywords: macintosh word Message-ID: <dana.673046392@are.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 30 Apr 91 21:19:52 GMT References: <605@lysator.liu.se> Sender: root@agate.berkeley.edu (Charlie Root) Distribution: comp.sys.mac.apps Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 19