Bug 83615

Summary: Easy means of changing writer's measurement unit
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) <philipz85>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: enhancement CC: jbfaure, libreoffice-ux-advise
Priority: medium Keywords: needsUXEval
Version: 4.2.6.2 release   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
See Also: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86856
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Bug Blocks: 102019, 103428, 109311    

Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2014-09-08 15:24:02 UTC
With easy access to change the ruler measurement unit by right-clicking on the ruler, it would be great if we could right-click in the spacing and indent value fields and change the measurement unit. This facility would also be great to have in the Paragraph dialog's Indent & Spacing tab as well.
Comment 1 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2014-09-13 21:05:24 UTC
Do you really need to change the measurement unit so often that menu Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer > General is too time consuming?

Best regards. JBF
Comment 2 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2014-09-13 23:27:40 UTC
Well i like to be able to see line/paragraph spacing as point and margin/indent spacing in centimeters or inches and unfortunately there isnt an easy means of changing this without me having to jump into Tools > Options.

But even if it wasnt a person like me and he/she just wants to change it, why not have it easily accessible without having to go to options, as we have it with the ruler.
Comment 3 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2016-08-25 05:49:26 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Luke 2019-03-07 21:20:50 UTC
(In reply to Jean-Baptiste Faure from comment #1)
> Do you really need to change the measurement unit so often?

>> Well i like to be able to see line/paragraph spacing as point and
>> margin/indent spacing in centimeters 

Yes, this is a serious problem. It's should be fixed by Bug 72662

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 72662 ***