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idogreenglass
Participant
October 19, 2025
Answered

i want the document will open as cm units

  • October 19, 2025
  • 2 replies
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No matter what I do, when i open i new file or file that someone send me
the units size doent open as cm 
I want to set a default, that any doucment i open will be in CM
i can i do it?

Correct answer Ton Frederiks

As Monika mentioned, the units are determined by the document you open or create.

But it is easy to right click the ruler and change the unit.

2 replies

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
October 19, 2025

As Monika mentioned, the units are determined by the document you open or create.

But it is easy to right click the ruler and change the unit.

idogreenglass
Participant
October 19, 2025

thanks i didnt know i can right click on the ruler 
its realy help to make it faster and easy 

thank you

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 19, 2025

The unit is a document based setting.

So, no you cannot set it up for documents you receive. 

idogreenglass
Participant
October 19, 2025

to bad thay didnt do it also, that you can decide what unit will be the defult 
but thank you for the answer