Windows 10: W10 Calculator. Now I know nothing about horses... however

The Windows 10 calculator offers a conversion facility for common units. I noticed that when converting cm to feet that it also shows other units, hands being one of them.

The results I get are different to those from any other conversion site I use. Any thoughts.









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Windows 10 Calculator

I switched W10 Calculator mode fr Standard to Length Conversion using the 3 horiz bars at the top L-hand corner. Now I cannot switch mode, it's stuck at Length Conversion mode. Anybody has a soln? Clicked on those 3 horz bars and nothing happens.

 

I know nothing about windows. I am an Old Mac man. I now have a new compter with latest windows 10. Whereb do I srart?

Left click the windows icon on the left end of the taskbar, the thing at the bottom.

This takes you to the Start screen. Look at the tiles and see if there is one titled Get started.

If you find it click on it and go through the information.

 

The unit is a bit of a joke and does not really mean the hand unit which we use in Britain to measure horses. If you put in longer lengths it will refer to jumbo jets instead of hands. Shorter distances refer to paper clips. My guess is the Microsoft hand is the distance between the end of the little finger and thumb, about 18cm.

 

I think you've got it *Smile Its confusing because the 'hand' is a (sort of) recognised 'unit'. If you enter 'convert hand to cm' or vice versa into a search engine then are lots of offerings, all giving the 'correct' answer.

 

Interesting.

 

I've gone on and logged this as an 'issue' with the calculator using the Windows feedback tool. I'm pretty sure Phil has the answer, although when you ask Bing or Google to convert 'cm to hands' you get consistent and valid results. Maybe this one has backfired on MS.

 

Actually the 'old' calculator (which imported courtesy Winaero) also offers hands along with rods, chains, spans, yards (but not alas furlongs, perches or chains....*Biggrin)