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Grid problem with formatting cells...
Hello!!
I need for help please! When I would like to change the width of a cell or a column I can't set up a concrete value. For example if I want the column to be 1.2 wide then Excel will set it to 1.14... If I try to set the width to 1.25 then it will be 1.29... So I can't set the grid to anywhere... because there is raster what doesn't let me do it... Is there any solution to switch this snap-like thing off? or to make it more fine? Many thanks in advance!!!! Andy |
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Hi Andy,
The width of cells is measured in pixels. 1.14 is 13 pixels. 1.29 is 14 pixels, etc. You can see it in a ScreenTip if you drag the column border. AFAIK, you can't do anything about it. Maybe you can increase the column width but display and print scaled to a reduced size? -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel wrote in message ... | Hello!! | | I need for help please! | | When I would like to change the width of a cell or a column I can't | set up a concrete value. | For example if I want the column to be 1.2 wide then Excel will set it | to 1.14... | If I try to set the width to 1.25 then it will be 1.29... | | So I can't set the grid to anywhere... because there is raster what | doesn't let me do it... | | Is there any solution to switch this snap-like thing off? | or to make it more fine? | | Many thanks in advance!!!! | | Andy |
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To add to and I think, correct Niek's reply a bit.............
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. When dragging the column width you will see two numbers.........one is width as above, the other is pixels. 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/...vbawssetrowcol Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:40:58 +0100, "Niek Otten" wrote: Hi Andy, The width of cells is measured in pixels. 1.14 is 13 pixels. 1.29 is 14 pixels, etc. You can see it in a ScreenTip if you drag the column border. AFAIK, you can't do anything about it. Maybe you can increase the column width but display and print scaled to a reduced size? |
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Grid problem with formatting cells...
Thanks Gord! I had no idea there were different definitions of "pixels"
-- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message ... | To add to and I think, correct Niek's reply a bit............. | | 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. | | When dragging the column width you will see two numbers.........one is width as | above, the other is pixels. | | 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/...vbawssetrowcol | | | Gord Dibben Excel MVP | | On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:40:58 +0100, "Niek Otten" wrote: | | Hi Andy, | | The width of cells is measured in pixels. | 1.14 is 13 pixels. 1.29 is 14 pixels, etc. You can see it in a ScreenTip if you drag the column border. | AFAIK, you can't do anything about it. | | Maybe you can increase the column width but display and print scaled to a reduced size? | |
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Problem solved...
Many Thanks for Everyone!!! Andy On Mar 4, 8:24*pm, "Niek Otten" wrote: Thanks Gord! I had no idea there were different definitions of "pixels" -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in messagenews:i13rs3pldd8ekv0tsmi8q52h1dakot9h9g@4ax .com... | To add to and I think, correct Niek's reply a bit............. | | 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. | | When dragging the column width you will see two numbers.........one is width as | above, the other is pixels. | | 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/...vbawssetrowcol | | | Gord Dibben Excel MVP | | On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:40:58 +0100, "Niek Otten" wrote: | | Hi Andy, | | The width of cells is measured in pixels. | 1.14 is 13 pixels. 1.29 is 14 pixels, etc. You can see it in a ScreenTip if you drag the column border. | AFAIK, you can't do anything about it. | | Maybe you can increase the column width but display and print scaled to a reduced size? | |
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