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In article <dana.673046392@are.Berkeley.EDU>, dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) writes:
> 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. ;-)

It's really rather simple - by default, Word *actually* measures
everything in points, and when you use something different it
converts the measurements (correct me if I'm wrong, but that's
the way I understood it). One point is 1/72" = 0.0138888888...
In centimetres that is roughly 0.03472222... 

So, there you have it. I don't think Microsoft will be able to
take over the world until it can convert between units better
(perhaps I should crosspost this to alt.conspiracy? :-)

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                                Nigel.
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