[libreoffice-users] Re: Ruler settings hard coded on Mac

On 27/03/2011 15:19, James Wilde wrote:
> On Mar 27, 2011, at 10:59 , Manfred J. Krause wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 09:50, James Wilde wrote:
> > > I'm using Mac OSX 10.6.6. and have now upgraded to 3.3.2 since I discovered I was using 3.3.0 and 
> > > thought my problem might have been fixed.
> > >
> > > I suddenly noted that, when I was adjusting a style, the indents were in characters and the space 
> > > before and after a paragraph were in lines and not in centimetres (I use cm for both).  So I went 
> > > into Preferences/LibreOffice Writer/View and changed both values to centimetres.  Saved, went back 
> > > to adjusting my style, found it was still characters and lines.  Went back to 
> > > Preferences/LibreOffice Writer/View and right enough, it had reset to char and line.  So I set both 
> > > to centimetres again, and the same thing happened.
> > >
> > > I quit LibreOffice, removed my profile by renaming ~/Library/Application Support/Libreoffice to 
> > > ~/Library/Application Support/LibO and restarted LibreOffice.  Opened a text document, went into 
> > > Preferences/LibreOffice Writer/View and changed char and line to centimetre, went into my open 
> > > document and began to create a new style.  Sure enough, the indents were in char and not centimetre 
> > > and the spacing was in lines and not centimetres.
> > >
> > > Now I have upgraded, and the indents and spacing are at last in centimetres, but in 
> > > Preferences/LibreOffice Writer/View it is still showing char and line.
> > >
> > > Now I have to start rebuilding my profile, reinserting all the extensions and templates, and hoping 
> > > nothing breaks.<sigh>.  But how do I get Preferences/LibreOffice Writer/View to show the type of 
> > > value that I want - and for the moment have?
> >
> > I assume that Asian language support is enabled
> > (Language Settings>  Languages>  Enhanced language support).
> >
> > Go to
> > Preferences>  LibreOffice Writer>  General>
> > Settings
> > [ ] Enable char unit
> > (disable this option)
> >
> > Screenshot:
> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19264180/LibO/disable_char_unit.png
> >
> > See also:
> > Bug 32684 - Ruler view displays in "char" measurement and always
> > reverts back to this upon restart
> > Status: RESOLVED FIXED
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32684
> >
> > That works fine now with LibO 3.3.2 on WinXP.
>
> Incidentally, having done all that, and changed the measurement unit also on 
> Preferences/LibreOffice Writer/General to centimetres, I note that both the Grid page and the Table 
> page still show values in inches and not in centimetres.  If I change them, they change back.  This 
> won't bother me since I don't bother with those settings, but I thought it worth mentioning.
>
> //James
I don't know what passes for an Administrator (Windows) or Root (*nix) 
account on a Mac but, when you try to change the units, are you logged 
in as one? Do you need to be? Is there something peculiar to your 
particular installation that requires that you are?

--
Harold Fuchs
London, England


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