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Jim_Palik
Inspiring
May 18, 2021
Question

How do I change rectangle default to CM from MM

  • May 18, 2021
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I changed my Illustrator Unite to Centimeters but creating a Rectangle still defaults to milimeters. I have tried rebooting several times. Units say centimeters and creating rectangle still default o milimeters,

Jim

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Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 18, 2021

Try Ctrl click on the rulers to change the units.

Jim_Palik
Jim_PalikAuthor
Inspiring
May 18, 2021

Thank you for your feedback but there is no reference to rulers in the preferences. Rulers in the View drop-down only shows the options of change to global and change to artboard.

Jim

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Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 18, 2021

Right-click on the ruler. And then a menu should pop up.