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Selecting Measurement Units

You can select separate measurement units for LibreOffice Writer, LibreOffice Writer/Web, LibreOffice Calc, LibreOffice Impress and LibreOffice Draw documents.

1. Open a document of the type for which you want to change the measurement units.

2. Choose .

3. In the left pane of the dialog, double-click the application for which you want to select the measurement unit.

   Double-click \<emph\>LibreOffice Writer\</emph\> if you want to select the measurement units for text documents.

4. Click on \<emph\>General\</emph\>.

5. On the \<emph\>General\</emph\> tab page, select the measurement unit. Close the dialog with \<emph\>OK\</emph\>.