Pixels vs DPI for Monitor

[Guest]

If I go to "Diplay Properties -- Settings Tab" I can set the pixels per inch
for the monitor. If I click on the "Advanced Button", I can set the DPI for
the monitor. What is "DPI" for a monitor?

 

[Ross Durie]

The first setting you mention is NOT pixels per inch. It is the resolution
in pixels, e.g., 1280 x 1024 means exactly that, i.e., 1280 pixels
horizontally across the width of the monitor NOT 1280 pixels/inch.

The second setting merely scales the font size.

 

[Kelly]

Do some reading here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=What+is+"DPI"+for+a+monitor&btnG=Google+Search

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[Alex Nichol]

If I go to "Diplay Properties -- Settings Tab" I can set the pixels per inch
for the monitor. If I click on the "Advanced Button", I can set the DPI for
the monitor. What is "DPI" for a monitor?

It is not really for the monitor specifically; it is to set the number
of dots (pixels) to be regarded as representing a logical Inch. As such
it affects any software that works in inches, from Dialog boxes to Word.

And I don't know where you see 'pixels per inch' for the monitor on
Settings. What is there is the Screen resolution, the size of the
display as defined in pixels. which may imply a per inch on a
specific monitor, but the software is not to know if that is a 12 inch
or a 24 inch

 

[Guest]

"Thanks everybody.

 

[Guest]

I've looking to go with a WXUGA(1680x1040) LCD laptop screen but I'm
hesistant about readability.
I've explored some using my work machine (CRT) and increased its resolution
settings (to get a feel for the LCD I'm considering), then used the dpi
display settings in Control Panel. This works great and allows a very sharp
high res display for photos,etc.
The larger "dpi" setting makes the menus readable without strain.
Only issue: the menu icons (for Office 2003) become quite fuzzy.
Interestingly, object icons on the desktop are okay (e.g. Word doc icon on
desktop is sharp and clear), but when I'm in Word, Outlook, etc, that's where
the problem is.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, such as re:
Does MS have a "patch" or plan to fix it with its next relaease?
Any other tricks avail?
Otherwise, since I use MS Office a lot, I might just need to buy a lower res
(and cheaper) screen and live with my photos etc not quite as sharp.
I know that with the LCD screen I should'nt change the resolution away from
native, plus I would lose that clarity I pay for.

 

[Bob I]

Office icons in the next release? Yes there are some fairly significant
changes. Please see
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/uioverview.mspx