# MS Word 2010 - how do I change the ruler to inches? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 18, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-2010-how-do-i-change-the-ruler-to-inches/731690 "2015-09-18T17:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-2010-how-do-i-change-the-ruler-to-inches/731690/1 "2015-09-18T17:32:59Z")
I don’t know how I did it, but I’ve changed the ruler to metric. I can’t figure out how to change it back to inches - any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-2010-how-do-i-change-the-ruler-to-inches/731690/2 "2015-09-18T17:35:47Z")
[Google is your friend.](https://support.office.com/en-nz/article/Change-ruler-measurements-3f1c189c-3a7f-4956-804f-b3c03e6eb6b9) ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-2010-how-do-i-change-the-ruler-to-inches/731690/3 "2015-09-18T17:37:05Z")
> **[How to Change the Ruler’s Unit of Measurement in Word 2010 | GilsMethod.com](https://gilsmethod.com/how-to-change-the-rulers-unit-of-measurement-in-word-2010)** 1st Google result for ‘ruler metric ms word 2010’.