width is the number of points

use columnwidth to return 8.3
MsgBox "Selected Column Width is " & Selection.ColumnWidth

look up the columnwith property in help



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Gary


"Martin in Frisco Texas" wrote
in message ...
Why does the following line of code return 48 rather the 8.43 when used on a
default column width?

MsgBox "Selected Column Width is " & Selection.Width

Martin In Texas