How to change measurement units?
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From: Walt Jones Walt on 20 Jan 2010 11:59 I too would like to change the units to pixels, since the output is usually measured in pixels (that is, projectors and monitors use pixels), so it would be easier to calculate proportions. I also use Articulate Presenter with PowerPoint, and when it inserts objects, it uses pixels for measurement (since it's output is designed to view on monitors). If the units can't be changed, I'd appreciate suggestions for working with the units as they are. "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > In article <39969B6C-CF57-4D1E-BF0D-4C2ECFDEA595(a)microsoft.com>, Sachin > wrote: > > How can I change this unit of measurement from "Inches" to "pixels"? > > You can't and because of the way PowerPoint works, it doesn't make > sense to do so. > > But what are you trying to do that requires this? > There's probably another way to do it. > > > ============================== > PPT Frequently Asked Questions > http://www.pptfaq.com/ > > PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint > http://www.pptools.com/ > > > . >
From: Steve Rindsberg on 20 Jan 2010 12:48 In article <2FF93776-60F1-439B-B0B4-3C90E09292B9(a)microsoft.com>, Walt Jones wrote: > I too would like to change the units to pixels, since the output is usually > measured in pixels (that is, projectors and monitors use pixels), so it would > be easier to calculate proportions. In some instances it would, yes. But PowerPoint fills the screen, whatever its resolution may be, with the current slide. Or in some cases, it alters the resolution first, THEN fills it. A 1" square on a default 10" PPT slide will display at 1/10 the number of pixels (wide) in the current display. At 1024x768, that's 102, roughly, but it might be 64, or 80, or more. In other words, since PPT doesn't know the final output size, it can't very well tell how large anything will be in pixels, so it can't let you set dimensions in pixels. So you'll need to work out the display resolution you're targeting (width), divide that by the width of the slide in inches to get the number of pixels for each inch of screen space. Then if you know how many pixels you need, divide that by the result to get inches. In our example above, 1024 pixel-wide display, 10" ppt slide, so 102.4 is your magic number. To get a 500 pixel wide square, you'd set it to 500/102.4 inches. That'll get you close, but not dead on because of rounding. > > I also use Articulate Presenter with PowerPoint, and when it inserts > objects, it uses pixels for measurement (since it's output is designed to > view on monitors). > > If the units can't be changed, I'd appreciate suggestions for working with > the units as they are. > > "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > > > In article <39969B6C-CF57-4D1E-BF0D-4C2ECFDEA595(a)microsoft.com>, Sachin > > wrote: > > > How can I change this unit of measurement from "Inches" to "pixels"? > > > > You can't and because of the way PowerPoint works, it doesn't make > > sense to do so. > > > > But what are you trying to do that requires this? > > There's probably another way to do it. > > > > > > ============================== > > PPT Frequently Asked Questions > > http://www.pptfaq.com/ > > > > PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint > > http://www.pptools.com/ > > > > > > . > > ============================== PPT Frequently Asked Questions http://www.pptfaq.com/ PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.pptools.com/
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