Strange Ruler Measurements

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What are those strange ruler measurements?

Character Units
	Sometimes Word 2002 pops up with strange units of measurement which clutter the ruler with tiny divisions that bear no relationship to the preferred measurements set in tools > options > general. These are known as character units.
Character units above - centimeters required below:
	This is an undesirable aspect of the Asian languages compatibility - undesirable for non-Asian languages that is Fortunately the issue is soon fixed. Press ALT+F11. This opens the macro editor. Press CTRL+G (View > Immediate Window). This provides a 'chat' window in which you can type vba code to be executed immediately. In that window, type Options.UseCharacterUnit =False and press the enter key.

	Job done! You can now close the macro editor and return to Word, where you will find your chosen measurement option set - here centimeters.