Re: Question about zoom values in Word 2004

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In article <BF1681E1.7BB1%cdiddy@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris
<cdiddy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello-
>
> I want to compare the hardcopy of a document I'm creating with the image of
> the same document open in word. My objective is, as closely as possible, to
> match the scale of the two documents exactly, such that I'm able to
> precisely overlay the printed document with the version on the screen.
>
> If you select a "zoom" value of 100% in Word 2004, this isn't possible. You
> have to zoom to a higher value to even get close to the scale of the
> physically printed document (on my PB 17" 1.33 G4, the value that zoom value
> that seems to come closest is 137%).
>
> I guess I had not really thought of this before now, but in page layout
> mode, why doesn't a page zoom value of 100% render an image that's 1:1 with
> a physical page?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
As you can see the 100% is a fiction.
On my 12.1" Powerbook a real 100% is 147% on the dial.

Yours has 99.89 pixels per inch[1]. Mine has 105.8 ppi. Dividing your
ppi by 1.37 and mine by 1.47 results in a number very close to 72 in
both cases. 72 is the mythical pixels per inch of every Mac.

The lazy programmers couldn't be bothered asking the machine how big
its pixels were. (Actually that is a tradition - some users (Hi
Philip!) actually expect a constant 72 ppi to be used. It gets messy
when your second screen has a different resolution for instance. So
perhaps the programmers could be forgiven)

1. Pythagoras - remember him from school?
your ppi = sqrt(1440^2 + 900^2)/17 = 99.89
my ppi = sqrt(1024^2 + 768^2)/12.1 = 105.79

99.89/1.37= 72.91
105.79/1.47 = 71.96

Nothing like a few after dinner sums to help digest a fairly horrible
Western Cape Chardonnay. (My missus can't resist wine offered at 50%
off at Tesco's -The black plastic 'cork' should have been warning
enough)

Hope that's helpful ;-) Not to mention the wine buying advice.

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