Change units from points to inches won't "stick"

[DigitalChickster]

I just updated from Illustrator 2018 to 2019. Everything is working fine... except I want to change "General" units from points to inches. It does not remain in inches. The next time I open a file, it's back to points. Any ideas? I'm on a Mac, by the way. Thanks so much!

julie

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

The units you set in Preferences > Units > General are only used for documents that you open that do not have a unit specified, like an image.

The document that you open determines the Unit settings.

For new documents that means they will use the Units specified in the New Document Profile.

[DigitalChickster]

Really? That's so weird. I've been doing these same charts for many, many years. They are generated online. I've always had them open with inches. Every time I've updated Illustrator, I set the units to inches and it always shows up that way. So is this a new thing?

[DigitalChickster]

OK, so I see where when I create a new document I can choose inches at that point. I am thinking that's the trick. Thanks so much for your help!

[Ton Frederiks]

AABBCCJuile  wrote

OK, so I see where when I create a new document I can choose inches at that point. I am thinking that's the trick. Thanks so much for your help!

I hope that works for you, but choosing the units when creating the doc should work.

[Ton Frederiks]

As far as I know this has been the case for many versions.

When I open a document with units set to inches, the preferences change to inches.

If the next document I open has the units set to pixels, the preferences change to pixels.

[Me-too-Zee]

This is very frustrating. If I am understanding this when I import a document from another designer I can not change the units?

This seems to be the case: I went to preferences - Units and the ruler did not change. That seems very broken and yes I agree this has been this way for far too long.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

Right-click the ruler and select the unit from the menu.

[andrewk26695853]

This worked for me, even when changing the units in my preferences did not (not even for the document I was working in). Thanks!

[Mainardi]

Perfect! Worked for me! Best!

[Rochelle26156295izhq]

Worked for me!! Love it.

[robynh52680087]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[shotz]

File/document setup - units 

[iant3810619]

Who in the hell even uses points these days?? The few would probably use indesign anyway. I don't see why they haven't changed it to in or px. Its not 1987 anymore adobe...

[iant3810619]

And I'm pretty sure the "designer" who put the photo on the web didn't "set it up" using points... The image would go through the web and use pixels...