On 13 October 2010 06:20, Michael Adams <mbad...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 October 2010 23:25, John King wrote: > > Michael Adams wrote: > > > Can anyone else confirm that the UK English version only shows measures > > > from text to polygon (rectangle etc.) edges in Inches when other > measures > > > (cm) are selected in "Tools - Options". > > > > > > Windows OO.o V2.3.1 > > > > I presume you are referring to the 'spacing to borders' setting. > > Yes > Ah. Sorry to be pedantic but you meant a "text box", not a rectangle. Again, on my OOo 3.2.1 on Win XP Pro, if I change the preferred units at Tools>Options>etc. then the units shown for distance between border and text change too. > > In ooo 3.2.1 on opensuse, UK version, changing the measurement unit to cm > > also changes the spacing to borders units to cm. > > Maybe it's a problem with version 2.3.1 of ooo? > > Dislexic fingers, I meant 3.2.1. > > What OS are you using? Linux? Have you installed a distro-specific version of OOo? What happens if you switch to the generic version? From the above comment, OpenSuse seems to behave properly but my reading of this mail-list over the years leads me to think that Ubuntu is particularly prone to this type of problem. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
