cm to inches Bianca 29.09.2006 12:02:02 Hello, I was wondering if somewhere in the options of access there is a field where I can change from centimetres to inches (word & excel both have this). thanks!! B

Re: cm to inches "Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele[ at ]NOSPAM_canada.com> 29.09.2006 14:40:01 Access gets its units from whatever has been defined in Regional Settings. That having been said, you can still work with inches, even if Access defaults to centimetres. For example, you can type 1" as a property, and Access will automatically convert it to 2.54 cm for you. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "Bianca" <Bianca[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EFC91160-C539-4614-9E37-ECA3A2944C3A[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello, > > I was wondering if somewhere in the options of access there is a field > where > I can change from centimetres to inches (word & excel both have this). > > thanks!! > B

Re: cm to inches Klatuu 29.09.2006 15:05:02 But it can't convert Furlongs Per Fortnight to Miles Per Hour. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Access gets its units from whatever has been defined in Regional Settings. > > That having been said, you can still work with inches, even if Access > defaults to centimetres. For example, you can type 1" as a property, and > Access will automatically convert it to 2.54 cm for you. > > -- > Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP > http://I.Am/DougSteele > (no e-mails, please!) > > > "Bianca" <Bianca[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:EFC91160-C539-4614-9E37-ECA3A2944C3A[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > > > I was wondering if somewhere in the options of access there is a field > > where > > I can change from centimetres to inches (word & excel both have this). > > > > thanks!! > > B > > >

Re: cm to inches "Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele[ at ]NOSPAM_canada.com> 29.09.2006 15:33:19 A shortcoming I delight in bringing to the attention of the Access development team! <g> -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "Klatuu" <Klatuu[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D74FBBA9-ABDC-4264-B85B-C182A25B50F5[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > But it can't convert Furlongs Per Fortnight to Miles Per Hour. > > "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: > >> Access gets its units from whatever has been defined in Regional >> Settings. >> >> That having been said, you can still work with inches, even if Access >> defaults to centimetres. For example, you can type 1" as a property, and >> Access will automatically convert it to 2.54 cm for you. >> >> -- >> Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP >> http://I.Am/DougSteele >> (no e-mails, please!) >> >> >> "Bianca" <Bianca[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:EFC91160-C539-4614-9E37-ECA3A2944C3A[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > Hello, >> > >> > I was wondering if somewhere in the options of access there is a field >> > where >> > I can change from centimetres to inches (word & excel both have this). >> > >> > thanks!! >> > B >> >> >>

Re: cm to inches Klatuu 29.09.2006 15:41:02 Don't forget to mention a Km per Hour version for you Non US types. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: [Quoted Text] > A shortcoming I delight in bringing to the attention of the Access > development team! <g> > > -- > Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP > http://I.Am/DougSteele > (no e-mails, please!) > > > "Klatuu" <Klatuu[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:D74FBBA9-ABDC-4264-B85B-C182A25B50F5[ at ]microsoft.com... > > But it can't convert Furlongs Per Fortnight to Miles Per Hour. > > > > "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: > > > >> Access gets its units from whatever has been defined in Regional > >> Settings. > >> > >> That having been said, you can still work with inches, even if Access > >> defaults to centimetres. For example, you can type 1" as a property, and > >> Access will automatically convert it to 2.54 cm for you. > >> > >> -- > >> Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP > >> http://I.Am/DougSteele > >> (no e-mails, please!) > >> > >> > >> "Bianca" <Bianca[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:EFC91160-C539-4614-9E37-ECA3A2944C3A[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > I was wondering if somewhere in the options of access there is a field > >> > where > >> > I can change from centimetres to inches (word & excel both have this). > >> > > >> > thanks!! > >> > B > >> > >> > >> > > >

Re: cm to inches "Tom Lake" <tlake[ at ]twcny.rr.com> 29.09.2006 15:43:30 "Klatuu" <Klatuu[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D74FBBA9-ABDC-4264-B85B-C182A25B50F5[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > But it can't convert Furlongs Per Fortnight to Miles Per Hour. Hah! I bet you though you could fool us! FUNCTION FPFToMPH (S) FPFToMPH = S / 2688 END FUNCTION Tom Lake

Re: cm to inches Klatuu 29.09.2006 15:57:02 Tom wins the Irrelevant Genuis of the Day award. I think there are only 3 people on the planet who know that. "Tom Lake" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > "Klatuu" <Klatuu[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:D74FBBA9-ABDC-4264-B85B-C182A25B50F5[ at ]microsoft.com... > > But it can't convert Furlongs Per Fortnight to Miles Per Hour. > > Hah! I bet you though you could fool us! > > FUNCTION FPFToMPH (S) > FPFToMPH = S / 2688 > END FUNCTION > > Tom Lake > > >

Re: cm to inches Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid[ at ]invalid.com> 29.09.2006 17:21:04 On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:57:02 -0700, Klatuu <Klatuu[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Tom wins the Irrelevant Genuis of the Day award. >I think there are only 3 people on the planet who know that. > No, probably a lot more since Wikipedia has been on-line.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnight (ie one furlong per fortnight is 0.166 mm/sec) Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

Re: cm to inches Klatuu 29.09.2006 17:30:01 Well, probably true these days, but in 1980 in a fit of boredom a friend of mine and I decided to calculate it. We even tried to build a speedometer that would display it, but the pointer never moved. Must have been a technical problem :) "Charlie Hoffpauir" wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:57:02 -0700, Klatuu > <Klatuu[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Tom wins the Irrelevant Genuis of the Day award. > >I think there are only 3 people on the planet who know that. > > > > No, probably a lot more since Wikipedia has been on-line.... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnight > > (ie one furlong per fortnight is 0.166 mm/sec) > Charlie Hoffpauir > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ >

Re: cm to inches "Tom Lake" <tlake[ at ]twcny.rr.com> 29.09.2006 18:48:01 [Quoted Text] > Tom wins the Irrelevant Genuis of the Day award. > I think there are only 3 people on the planet who know that. Them's fightin' words, Clem! I may be irrelevant but I ain't no genius! Uhhh, what's "irrelevant" mean? 8^) >> Hah! I bet you though you could fool us! >> >> FUNCTION FPFToMPH (S) >> FPFToMPH = S / 2688 >> END FUNCTION

Re: cm to inches Klatuu 29.09.2006 18:57:01 It means you know a lot of stuff that has absolutely no value :) Maybe we should call in Null Genius? "Tom Lake" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > Tom wins the Irrelevant Genuis of the Day award. > > I think there are only 3 people on the planet who know that. > > Them's fightin' words, Clem! I may be irrelevant but I ain't no genius! > > Uhhh, what's "irrelevant" mean? > > 8^) > > >> Hah! I bet you though you could fool us! > >> > >> FUNCTION FPFToMPH (S) > >> FPFToMPH = S / 2688 > >> END FUNCTION > > >