Agilent Technologies N-Series - Manual (Page 88)

Page 5-67 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION
resources, the user should select this option after deleting any resource.
After the dialog box is displayed, use the mouse to select OK, or press d
to pack the XLI memory. When the confirmation dialog box is displayed,
select Yes to continue.
Preferences Menu
This menu contains the options Measurement Units for Entries and
Confirm Before Updating XLI.
Measurement Units for Entries
XTRAEDIT asks the user to enter measurements in several dialog boxes
during the configuration process. For instance, the user may enter
measurements for page size, margins, offsets, absolute line spacing,
coordinates and tabs. This option determines whether the user’s entries
are entered and displayed in inches, 1/60-inch units or 1/300-inch units.
The default value is 300ths.
Regardless of the format in which they are entered and displayed, all
measurements are stored by the XLI in 1/300-inch units. As such, all
values entered as tenths, hundredths or thousandths of inches will be
rounded down to the nearest 1/300-inch equivalent.
Note that the numerical entries displayed will change after the user
changes the unit of measurement. For instance, a margin of 1.000 in inch
units will be displayed as a margin of 300 in 1/300-inch units. The actual
margin measurement itself will not be changed simply by changing the
unit of measure.
Note: This setting is not related to the setting in Units of Measure under
Other Options in the Configure menu. Measurement Units for Entries is
used only for measurement units entered within XTRAEDIT.