Line of Precise Length

If I want a line of a prescribed length in Pages, say 6.27cm. - where can I punch in this value and get the line of this length? I thought it would be in this window
but this doesn't seem to have the input window I'm looking for. AppleWorks has the Object Size window
which makes it pretty easy to do this sort of operation. Is this kind of input hiding somewhere in Pages?
John
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Yes, I thought of that too Walt but that means a mathematical computation which could give me a migraine. I was hoping that there was simply a window somewhere just as there was in AppleWork's Object Size where I could simply punch in the desired value. Obviously there isn't such an animal in Pages so I'll have to sharpen my computational skills.
Thanks
John

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