Create a custom scale

The 6.6mm length indicates you’ve moved something or drawn a line that is 6.6mm long in paper space dimensions. If you want that to show 660mm, start a scaled drawing and set the scale to the appropriate scale.

Some things have changed. Setting scales hasn’t since the first version of LayOut nor has the location of Preferences in the LayOut menu. The Scaled Drawing features has been around for quite a few versions.