Row height and column width -- how can we translate into inches?

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StargateFanFromWork - 28 Dec 2007 17:48 GMT

Is it possible to know when we're aiming for a certain overall size, of how
many inches go into a row height and column width? If I need an overall
size of, say, 2.75 x 5 inches, can I figure out how many units this would be
made up in in Excel?

Thanks! :oD

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Bob I - 28 Dec 2007 18:14 GMT

Depends entirely on the media that you will be showing the sheet on.

> Is it possible to know when we're aiming for a certain overall size, of how
> many inches go into a row height and column width? If I need an overall
> size of, say, 2.75 x 5 inches, can I figure out how many units this would be
> made up in in Excel?
>
> Thanks! :oD

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Gord Dibben - 28 Dec 2007 18:21 GMT

Row heights are measured in points or pixels. There are 72 points to an inch
and "maybe" 96 pixels to the inch.

The number that appears in the Standard column width box is the average number
of digits 0-9 of the standard font that fit in a cell.

For an interesting and enlightening discussion on this subject see

http://snipurl.com/dzz8

If you want to use VBA to set height and width in mm which you can convert to
inches.

Ole Erlandson has code for setting row and column dimensions.

http://www.erlandsendata.no/english/index.php?d=envbawssetrowcol

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

>Is it possible to know when we're aiming for a certain overall size, of how
>many inches go into a row height and column width? If I need an overall
>size of, say, 2.75 x 5 inches, can I figure out how many units this would be
>made up in in Excel?
>
>Thanks! :oD

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StargateFanFromWork - 28 Dec 2007 19:21 GMT

Thank you! Much appreciated. I figured that there would be some averages
to deal with and that it most likely would be an approximation oftentimes,
but what a big help this will be to initially narrow down actual cell sizes
from the beginning rather than through trial and error as I've done for
years.

Thanks. I will definitely check out the dzz8 URL below.

Cheers. :oD

> Row heights are measured in points or pixels. There are 72 points to an
> inch
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>>Thanks! :oD

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