Can I get row & column height the same measurement? ie to get squa

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The rows and column heights in excel are not universal. i.e. when I set the
row height to say 12 and then the column height to 12 it should be a square
but it isn't!

Is it possible? I'm trying to make a graph paper type page. I've also tried
Word 2003 but again with no success

Regards
Whiskey M

 

[Gord Dibben]

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.

Ole Erlandson has code for setting row and column dimensions.

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

Also, there's a graph paper template on the Microsoft web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/templates/TC010762731033.aspx?Categ...


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:17:01 -0700, Whiskey M <Whiskey

The rows and column heights in excel are not universal. i.e. when I set the
row height to say 12 and then the column height to 12 it should be a square
but it isn't!

Is it possible? I'm trying to make a graph paper type page. I've also tried
Word 2003 but again with no success

Regards
Whiskey M

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP