You may want to personalize the measurement units on the status bar and on rulers on the first use of the Pages main tab.

Default value: pt.

On the following screenshot, the selected units are points and they show the horizontal and vertical position of the pointer.

To select measurement units

1.On the Edit menu of the Pages main tab, while you are not editing text on page, click Preferences.

2.Under Measurement, in Horizontal and Vertical select what you want.

Note

The measurement units you select here apply on the status bar and rulers. Most of the page editing palettes have their own measurement units you can set independently.

About saving preferences in database

When you click OK, the preferences are updated in the memory and applied right-on. GN4 will store the preference in the database when you exit application. Anyway, should your GN4 crash or exit in any other abnormal way, the preference will not be stored in database, and you will have to repeat the previously described steps.

This preference is stored in the Editorial_SystemUserConfig for the securityRef corresponding to the user name. To display that configuration, open EdAdmin4, click Client Applications, expand the search pane in the left sidebar, in the Name enter editorial, and in the securityRef select the name of the user. Double-click the Editorial_SystemUserConfig to open the content. Locate the preference by name.

See also

Main tab

See Default measurement units for more information.