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Converts a measurement from points to inches (1 inch = 72 points). Returns
the converted measurement as a Single.

expression.PointsToInches(Points)

expression   Optional. An expression that returns an Application object.

Points   Required Single. The measurement, in points.

Example
This example converts the measurement of the top margin for the active
document to inches and displays the result in a message box.

MsgBox PointsToInches(ActiveDocument.Sections(1) _
   .PageSetup.TopMargin)
This example converts the value of the variable sngData (a measurement in
points) to centimeters, inches, lines, millimeters, or picas, depending on
the value of the variable intUnit (a value from 1 through 5 that indicates
the resulting unit of measurement).

Function ConvertPoints(ByVal intUnit As Integer, _
   sngData As Single) As Single

   Select Case intUnit
       Case 1
           ConvertPoints = PointsToCentimeters(sngData)
       Case 2
           ConvertPoints = PointsToInches(sngData)
       Case 3
           ConvertPoints = PointsToLines(sngData)
       Case 4
           ConvertPoints = PointsToMillimeters(sngData)
       Case 5
           ConvertPoints = PointsToPicas(sngData)
       Case Else
           Error 5
   End Select

End Function

Hi LenZ,

Basically, you can't. Listboxes on allmost all machines will use a
proportional font (= the width of "l" is less than that of "m").

With a non-proportional (= fixed pitch) font, 10 characters at 12 pt font
size take up one inch (= 72 pt).
For a different font size or different number of characters, you can do the
math.

That might give you some idea of how many characters will fit. With
proportional fonts, you almost always will be able to put more characters in
the same space.

To get it more precise, you could put the desired string in the desired font
and size into a document, and use Selection.Information to get the width.

Maybe there are also API calls to get the font metrics so you can add up the
widths of the characters, but that would be above my head.

Regards,
Klaus