Thanks. This only gives me the option of "Metric" or "US" - not sure which is
the lesser of the two evils! I rather hoped that Excel would have a setting
like Word has, where you can change the default just for that program. It
seems it hasn't. Thanks anyway.

Gill

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Gill

This is a Windows OS setting, not an Excel setting.

You would go to Windows Control PanelRegional and Language
OptionsRegional Options tabCustomize and set the "measurement system" to
Metric.

This option will affect all programs.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 10:03:04 -0800, Gill.star
wrote:

I already looked at Convert. This doesn't actually change the defaults. I
want my margin settings, for instance, to be in inches rather than cm.

Thanks for your reply though.

Gill

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Look at the CONVERT function in Help.

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"Gill.star" wrote in message
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Could someone tell me how to change my default measurements from metric to
imperial in Excel 2003? I can't work in centimetres!
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Gill