aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson) (05/01/91)
In comp.sys.mac.apps: 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. ;-) This is my favorite post of the week. Brian -- .signature: No such file or directory