It works globally for me with that method. Have you set the regional settings in the control panel? There is a 'metric' option there too.
-- Terry Simpson Human Factors Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connected-systems.com Phone: +44 7850 511794 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 May 2002 02:32 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:20030] Re: metric typography In a message dated 2002-05-12 15:13:33 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I Microsoft Word, Go to Tools - Options, then click the General Tab!! There is a drop-down box in the bottom, left-hand corner of the Options Dialog box which you can use to change the measurements to metric!! Regards, Steve. That works for the document you are in. How do you set the TABS to metric, globally? Carleton