spaces unit display

Using BA V8 2004, 08.05.02.13.
I am having trouble with the display unit for spaces. This can be set at two locations: The user preferences dialog, under tab Architecture, you can set measure units (I set this to Meters) and display unit (I set this to m2 ). Also can be set in the Annotate Tool Settings dialog, under Room Label, display unit can be set (I set this to m2 ).
The settings for display unit revert back to Meters each time I close and reopen the drawing.
I have save settings on exit checked in my preferences.
Hopefully any of you can help me out with this, it is a big nuisance... Thanks in advance.

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  • Hi André, in 8.5.2 I believe the space unit value is stored in annotationoverrides.rsc under the home/prefs folder.  Make sure you have proper read/write access to this file & folder.   

    I did notice that the value doesn't seem to "refresh" itself in both places until you actually view it in both places.   But once both the preferences and annotation settings dialog boxes have been opened, the value displays correctly in both spots and updates spaces as expected.  I don't recall coming across this in later versions.