New document settings change pt's to centimeters

I am new to indesign and when I open a new document all the measurements are in points rather than in some metric measurement. How can I change it so I can make the page the size I want using centimeters?
Thanks

Change it in your preferences with no documents open.
Bob

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cricketbow wrote:
> is there no way to do this in Dreamweaver??
I'm afraid people are not responding because they don't
understand your
question. Do you mean taking things you have already designed
and
pulling them into a new site in Dreamweaver? Have you looked
up (F1)
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