2002-05-12 You can go to the preferences and pick millimetres. The default may be inches when it is downloaded from an English language server. Some software, Microsoft products included, will set their defaults to metric when sold in non-English countries. It is funny that Microsoft, and others only give you two choices of measurement systems: SI and US customary. None give you the 1600 choices Tony Bennett says the UN finds still in use. It would seem that the final battle of the measurement systems is really between SI and US customary. I have a feeling that even if the UK were to stick to non-metric, imperial would soon die out and US customary would become the standard.
I even feel the US wants metric to wipe out all the rest of the world's units. It is much easier for US customary to replace metric than for it to replace other versions of FFU. This is the problem the French had. It was far easier to start with a whole new system then to try to reform the confused French system at the time. If the government would have decided to use all the Parisian standards, then the people in the provinces would have rebelled, each arguing for their version to be standard. Then, what about the other countries? The Germans would have had their versions, the Italians theirs, the Spanish theirs, etc. It wouldn't be until now with the advent of the EU that someone would have had to decide to standardise weights and measures just like they did with the Euro for money. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-05-12 09:23 Subject: [USMA:20010] Adobe > > Of M R > > Subject: [USMA:20009] Fwd: Re: American Strength > > > > If you get a Windows XP/MS Office with inches as > > default unit of measurement, then it is FFU item. > > The same applies to Adobe Acrobat Reader. The page size at the bottom > left uses inches. > -- > Terry Simpson > Human Factors Consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.connected-systems.com > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > >
