Tutorials

Word Document Locked For Editing By Me Recover Lost Changes To A Word Document Double Blue Underline In Word Word 2016 Keyboard Shortcuts Word 2016 Add A Digital Signature Ruler On Word 2016 Insert A 3D Model In Word Format Painter Keyboard Shortcut Text Effects In Word Set The Default Font In Word 2016 American Spellings In Microsoft Word Word 2016 - Tell Me Tool Ink Equations In Word 2016 Learning Tools In Word Word 2016 Find And Replace Insert A Comment In Word 2016 Word 2016 - Remove Password Mail Merge In Word 2016 Microsoft Word Online Word 2016 Updates Word 2016 Footnote Tutorial Word 2016 Compatibility Mode Features That Different Microsoft Word Versions Support Stop Windows 10 Update Set Gmail Up In Outlook Word 2016 Clipboard IAStorIcon Has Stopped Working Change Office 2016 Theme Word For Android Smart Lookup Office 2016 Is Released Uninstalling Office 2016

Ruler On Word 2016

The ruler in Word 2016 displays horizontally across the top of your workspace, and can be used to align text, graphics, tables, and other elements in your document.

Ruler

To display the ruler if you can't already see it, go to the View tab and make sure that Ruler is checked (in the Show group).

Show Ruler

Similarly, you can hide the ruler in order to make more room for your document by unchecking the checkbox.

Even if you have Ruler checked, you will not see it in Read Mode, or Outline View. However, it will be displayed in all the other views.

Ruler Unit Of Measure

But what is the ruler’s unit of measure, I hear you ask? Is it centimetres or is it inches? To find out, and also to change the ruler’s UOM, click File > Options > Advanced, and scroll to the Display settings. The Show measurements in units of selector displays the units currently being used by the ruler (and everywhere else in the document).

Show Measurements In Units

You can change the UOM to any one of:

  • inches
  • centimetres
  • millimetres
  • points
  • picas

Make your selection and then click OK.