Bug 107655 - Use of 'centimeters' and manipulation of text boxes in LibreOffice 'Draw'.
Summary: Use of 'centimeters' and manipulation of text boxes in LibreOffice 'Draw'.
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Draw (show other bugs)
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5.3.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2017-05-06 11:47 UTC by Bill
Modified: 2017-05-08 11:51 UTC (History)
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Description Bill 2017-05-06 11:47:19 UTC 
Description:
The use of 'centimeters' (your American spelling) is not normal procedure for drawings of small items. A choice of either millimetres (correct spelling) or centimetres would be good. Can you also stop Draw changing ALL the text on a drawing when only 1 text box is actually selected? Most annoying, or am I doing it wrong? I note most American-based software using measurements don't offer mmm as an alternative. 

Actual Results:  
Just start any drawing or add dimensions to anything in Draw.

Expected Results:
No steps needed.


Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: No

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:53.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/53.0
Comment 1 Regina Henschel 2017-05-06 12:00:31 UTC 
It is up to you to set the desired unit. Go to menu "Tools", item "Options", sections "Draw", then "General". Find the drop-down list "Unit of measurement" in the part "Settings".
Comment 2 Regina Henschel 2017-05-06 12:02:42 UTC 
For the question about text box, please use a mailing list or forum first.
Comment 3 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2017-05-08 11:51:34 UTC 
By the way, there is no need to scare-quote American spellings (which is not “ours”). You have the choice to use the British localization!