=== modified file 'share/extensions/measure.inx'
--- share/extensions/measure.inx	2014-04-02 19:22:44 +0000
+++ share/extensions/measure.inx	2015-06-24 07:23:45 +0000
@@ -11,11 +11,36 @@
 				<_item msgctxt="measure extension" value="area">Area</_item>
 				<_item msgctxt="measure extension" value="cofm">Center of Mass</_item>
 			</param>
-			<param name="format" type="enum" _gui-text="Text Orientation: ">
-				<_item msgctxt="measure extension" value="textonpath">Text On Path</_item>
-				<_item msgctxt="measure extension" value="angle">Fixed Angle</_item>
+			<param name="format" type="notebook">
+				<page name="presets" _gui-text="Presets">
+					<param name="presetFormat" type="enum">
+						<_item value="default">Default</_item>
+						<_item value="TaP_start">Text on Path, Start</_item>
+						<_item value="TaP_middle">Text on Path, Middle</_item>
+						<_item value="TaP_end">Text on Path, End</_item>
+						<_item value="FT_start">Fixed Text, Start of Path</_item>
+						<_item value="FT_bbox">Fixed Text, Center of BBox</_item>
+						<_item value="FT_mass">Fixed Text, Center of Mass</_item>
+					</param>
+				</page>
+				<page name="textonpath" _gui-text="Text on Path">
+					<param name="startOffset" type="string" gui-hidden="true">custom</param>
+					<param name="startOffsetCustom" type="int" appearance="full" min="0" max="100" _gui-text="Offset (%)">50</param>
+					<param name="anchor" type="enum" _gui-text="Text anchor:">
+						<_item value="start">Left</_item>
+						<_item value="middle">Center</_item>
+						<_item value="end">Right</_item>
+					</param>
+				</page>
+				<page name="fixedtext" _gui-text="Fixed Text">
+					<param name="position" type="enum" _gui-text="Position:">
+						<_item value="start">Start of Path</_item>
+						<_item value="center">Center of BBox</_item>
+						<_item value="mass">Center of Mass</_item>
+					</param>
+					<param name="angle" type="float" min="-360" max="360" _gui-text="Angle (°):">0</param>
+				</page>
 			</param>
-			<param name="angle" type="float" min="-360" max="360" _gui-text="Angle [with Fixed Angle option only] (°):">0</param>
 			<param name="fontsize" type="int" min="1" max="1000" _gui-text="Font size (px):">12</param>
 			<param name="offset" type="float" min="-10000" max="10000" _gui-text="Offset (px):">-6</param>
 			<param name="precision" type="int" min="0" max="25" _gui-text="Precision:">2</param>

=== modified file 'share/extensions/measure.py'
--- share/extensions/measure.py	2015-05-28 10:59:37 +0000
+++ share/extensions/measure.py	2015-06-24 07:23:45 +0000
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 Area and Center of Mass calculated using Green's Theorem:
 http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GreensTheorem.html
 
+Copyright (C) 2015 ~suv <suv-sf@users.sf.net>
 Copyright (C) 2010 Alvin Penner
 Copyright (C) 2006 Georg Wiora
 Copyright (C) 2006 Nathan Hurst
@@ -130,17 +131,37 @@
     def __init__(self):
         inkex.Effect.__init__(self)
         self.OptionParser.add_option("--type",
-                        action="store", type="string", 
-                        dest="type", default="length",
+                        action="store", type="string",
+                        dest="type_", default="length",
                         help="Type of measurement")
         self.OptionParser.add_option("--format",
-                        action="store", type="string", 
-                        dest="format", default="textonpath",
+                        action="store", type="string",
+                        dest="format_", default="textonpath",
                         help="Text Orientation")
+        self.OptionParser.add_option("--presetFormat",
+                        action="store", type="string",
+                        dest="presetFormat", default="TaP_start",
+                        help="Preset text layout")
+        self.OptionParser.add_option("--startOffset",
+                        action="store", type="string",
+                        dest="startOffset", default="custom",
+                        help="Text Offset along Path")
+        self.OptionParser.add_option("--startOffsetCustom",
+                        action="store", type="int",
+                        dest="startOffsetCustom", default=50,
+                        help="Text Offset along Path")
+        self.OptionParser.add_option("--anchor",
+                        action="store", type="string",
+                        dest="anchor", default="start",
+                        help="Text Anchor")
+        self.OptionParser.add_option("--position",
+                        action="store", type="string",
+                        dest="position", default="start",
+                        help="Text Position")
         self.OptionParser.add_option("--angle",
-                        action="store", type="float", 
+                        action="store", type="float",
                         dest="angle", default=0,
-                        help="Angle")             
+                        help="Angle")
         self.OptionParser.add_option("-f", "--fontsize",
                         action="store", type="int", 
                         dest="fontsize", default=20,
@@ -195,11 +216,11 @@
                 mat = simpletransform.composeParents(node, [[1.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 1.0, 0.0]])
                 p = cubicsuperpath.parsePath(node.get('d'))
                 simpletransform.applyTransformToPath(mat, p)
-                if self.options.type == "length":
+                if self.options.type_ == "length":
                     slengths, stotal = csplength(p)
                     self.group = inkex.etree.SubElement(node.getparent(),inkex.addNS('text','svg'))
-                elif self.options.type == "area":
-                    stotal = csparea(p)*factor*self.options.scale
+                elif self.options.type_ == "area":
+                    stotal = abs(csparea(p)*factor*self.options.scale)
                     self.group = inkex.etree.SubElement(node.getparent(),inkex.addNS('text','svg'))
                 else:
                     xc, yc = cspcofm(p)
@@ -209,16 +230,59 @@
                     continue
                 # Format the length as string
                 lenstr = locale.format("%(len)25."+str(prec)+"f",{'len':round(stotal*factor*self.options.scale,prec)}).strip()
-                if self.options.format == 'textonpath':
-                    if self.options.type == "length":
-                        self.addTextOnPath(self.group, 0, 0, lenstr+' '+self.options.unit, id, 'start', '50%', self.options.offset)
-                    else:
-                        self.addTextOnPath(self.group, 0, 0, lenstr+' '+self.options.unit+'^2', id, 'start', '0%', self.options.offset)
+                if self.options.format_ == '"presets"':
+                    self.setPreset()
+                if self.options.format_ == '"textonpath"':
+                    startOffset = self.options.startOffset
+                    if startOffset == "custom":
+                        startOffset = '{}%'.format(self.options.startOffsetCustom)
+                    if self.options.type_ == "length":
+                        self.addTextOnPath(self.group, 0, 0, lenstr+' '+self.options.unit, id, self.options.anchor, startOffset, self.options.offset)
+                    else:
+                        self.addTextOnPath(self.group, 0, 0, lenstr+' '+self.options.unit+'^2', id, self.options.anchor, startOffset, self.options.offset)
+                elif self.options.format_ == '"fixedtext"':
+                    if self.options.position == "mass":
+                        tx, ty = cspcofm(p)
+                        anchor = 'middle'
+                    elif self.options.position == "center":
+                        bbox = simpletransform.computeBBox([node])
+                        tx = bbox[0] + (bbox[1] - bbox[0])/2.0
+                        ty = bbox[2] + (bbox[3] - bbox[2])/2.0
+                        anchor = 'middle'
+                    else:  # default
+                        tx = p[0][0][1][0]
+                        ty = p[0][0][1][1]
+                        anchor = 'start'
+                    if self.options.type_ == "length":
+                        self.addTextWithTspan(self.group, tx, ty, lenstr+' '+self.options.unit, id, anchor, -int(self.options.angle), self.options.offset + self.options.fontsize/2)
+                    else:
+                        self.addTextWithTspan(self.group, tx, ty, lenstr+' '+self.options.unit+'^2', id, anchor, -int(self.options.angle), -self.options.offset + self.options.fontsize/2)
                 else:
-                    if self.options.type == "length":
-                        self.addTextWithTspan(self.group, p[0][0][1][0], p[0][0][1][1], lenstr+' '+self.options.unit, id, 'start', -int(self.options.angle), self.options.offset + self.options.fontsize/2)
-                    else:
-                        self.addTextWithTspan(self.group, p[0][0][1][0], p[0][0][1][1], lenstr+' '+self.options.unit+'^2', id, 'start', -int(self.options.angle), -self.options.offset + self.options.fontsize/2)
+                    # center of mass, no text
+                    pass
+
+    def setPreset(self):
+        # keep dict in sync with enum in INX file:
+        preset_dict = {
+            'default_length': ['"textonpath"', "50%", "start", None, None],
+            'default_area': ['"fixedtext"', None, None, "start", 0.0],
+            'default_cofm': [None, None, None, None, None],
+            'TaP_start': ['"textonpath"', "0%", "start", None, None],
+            'TaP_middle': ['"textonpath"', "50%", "middle", None, None],
+            'TaP_end': ['"textonpath"', "100%", "end", None, None],
+            'FT_start': ['"fixedtext"', None, None, "start", 0.0],
+            'FT_bbox': ['"fixedtext"', None, None, "center", 0.0],
+            'FT_mass': ['"fixedtext"', None, None, "mass", 0.0],
+        }
+        if self.options.presetFormat == "default":
+            current_preset = 'default_{}'.format(self.options.type_)
+        else:
+            current_preset = self.options.presetFormat
+        self.options.format_ = preset_dict[current_preset][0]
+        self.options.startOffset = preset_dict[current_preset][1]
+        self.options.anchor = preset_dict[current_preset][2]
+        self.options.position = preset_dict[current_preset][3]
+        self.options.angle = preset_dict[current_preset][4]
 
     def addCross(self, node, x, y, scale):
         l = 3*scale         # 3 pixels in document units