Purpose of Word's "pixels per inch" setting

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Maxx Cairn - 30 Aug 2003 05:22 GMT

In Word's "Web Options" setup, there is an option to set pixels per
inch. The options are 72, 96 and 120.

Can somebody explain the purpose of this setting? I have researched it
and can't find an answer.

This option can be found by clicking on Tools | Options. Then click on
the General Tab and click on the Web Options button. Then click on the
Pictures tab.

Thanks.

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David Bartosik - MS MVP - 01 Sep 2003 02:21 GMT

When Word generates the web site it will create it's own "copies" of any
images you inserted and it will use these image files rather than your
originals.
That setting is to tell Word what DPI you want it to use when creating the
image files.
The first two are the most common for web graphics.

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> In Word's "Web Options" setup, there is an option to set pixels per
> inch. The options are 72, 96 and 120.
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> Thanks.

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Maxx Cairn - 01 Sep 2003 07:07 GMT

Can you tell me the difference between the settings? When/why would I
select 72 dpi? 96? 120?

Thanks in advance.

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