Hi Peter,

Is there away to override previous preferences in a previous jobs started by someone else without having to open and set the preferences everytime you open a job.

I'd like the 1pt size/leading instead of 2, but every job I open (previously constructed elsewhere) has 2pts as the default.

I'm only doing minor edits/production work, so it's not worth the extra time to open the preferences and save the 1pt for every job I touch. But being able to have it forced on these existing jobs would save me time in the long run. Is there a work around?

Thanks

Sorry I can't help, but I can share in your misery!  I'm in InDesign CS5 on the MacOsX, and I can't seem to change the from picas to inches in Preferences.   have been using this program for years now so I know how to do this!  All of a sudden this problem crops up out of nowhere!  Even though I make that change, with no other InDesign pages open, when I open a new page it is in picas.  I've tried shutting down and restarting, and also right-clicking on the rulers in the document which I read in this discussion  changes the unit of measurement, but it only gives me guide lines - plus i don't really like this solution because it really doesn't solve the problem. 

Also another strange occurrence in same program - when i highlight text on a page and want to change the point size, the arrows at the top where you can change the point size one increment at a time no longer work.  I actually have to type in a point size to make a change, although the arrows for leading still do work!

Hello Andrew, did you ever find a solution for overriding current increments on documents already created. I too share your pain in 2pt increments on previously created documents.