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RulerUnits

is an option for notebooks that specifies the units in the ruler toolbar.

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RulerUnits

RulerUnits

is an option for notebooks that specifies the units in the ruler toolbar.

Details

  • Possible settings for RulerUnits are as follows: "Inches", "DecimalInches", "Points", "Picas", "Centimeters", "Millimeters".
  • The default setting is "Inches" for English language users and "Millimeters" for all other users.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Create a notebook with units in inches:

Create a notebook with units in centimeters:

Wolfram Research (1999), RulerUnits, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RulerUnits.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1999), RulerUnits, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RulerUnits.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1999. "RulerUnits." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RulerUnits.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1999). RulerUnits. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RulerUnits.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_rulerunits, author="Wolfram Research", title="{RulerUnits}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RulerUnits.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_rulerunits, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={RulerUnits}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RulerUnits.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}