Row height & column width numbers..?

[Frank]

What measurement system do these numbers refer to, i.e. inches, cm,mm
that can be set in format?
Thanks.
Frank

 

[Sandy Mann]

Frank,

I believe that row height is in Points, like printed fonts in newspapers &
books with 72 points to the inch and column width is the number of 0's of 10
point fixed width font that will fit into a cell width. Leastways when I
set the column width to 10 I get 10 0's of Arial 10 point across a cell.

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HTH

Sandy
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[Gord Dibben]

Frank

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....which you could
convert 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

 

[Frank]

What measurement system do these numbers refer to, i.e. inches, cm,mm
that can be set in format?
Thanks.
Frank

Excellent! Thanks guys.
Frank