What is the equivalent of .5 inch in row height?

[Guest]

I need to change the row height in Microsoft Excel to .5 inch. What do I
enter in the row height space?

 

[Myrna Larson]

Row heights are in points. 72 points per inch, 36 points for 0.5 inch.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Row height is measured in Points.

There are 72 points to an inch.

..5 x 72 = 36 points.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

 

[Guest]

Row heights are in points. 72 points per inch, 36 points for 0.5 inch.



Thank you, especially for the quick reply.

 

[Guest]

Row height is measured in Points.

There are 72 points to an inch.

..5 x 72 = 36 points.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP



Thank you, especially for the quick reply.

 

[Guest]

What do I use to set the column width to 2"?

 

[Myrna Larson]

Ah, now you have a problem <g>.

Column widths are measured in number of characters in the font used for the
Normal style. With a proportional font, VBA Help says it's the width of the
character 0 that is used. So you'll have to experiment: set up several columns
with different widths. Print with gridlines, then measure.

 

[Gord Dibben]

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Unfortunately, not as easy as row height.

Row heights are measured in points. There are 72 points to an inch as stated
by Myrna and myself.

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.

No relationship between the two.

If you want to use VBA to set height and width in mm....which can be converted
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