Pixels to Centimetres,

[Chance1234]

i have a nifty bit of a add in, that allows me to position objects exactly in powerpoint (nothing flash uses the selection.shaperange properties) and i have a nice big brief from a client on where they want everything to be,. problem being , the brief is in Centimetres and the add-in , in pixels.

I have in my mind that to convert pixels ot centimetres is a case of dividing by 28 but im not sure. can anyone please confirm,

Chance,

Filmmaker, gentlemen and I'm on page 23 on the MX Flash Bible

 

[TonyJollans]

Hi Chance,

Pixels are not absolute measurements - a 17" monitor is approximately 35cm horizontally, so at resolution 1024*768 this gives approximately 28 pixels per cm, but running at 1280*1024 it's closer to 36 per cm.

Enjoy,
Tony

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[Chance1234]

sorry meant twips

Chance,

Filmmaker, gentlemen and I'm on page 23 on the MX Flash Bible

 

[TonyJollans]

OK, there are 1440 twips to an inch, so 1440/2.54 = 566.9 approximately.

Enjoy,
Tony

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[HughLerwill]

VB will do the conversions for you;
The following converts 1 cm into Twips

Debug.Print ScaleX(1, vbCentimeters, vbTwips)

regards Hugh

 

[HughLerwill]

...but I don't know if ScaleX exists in VBA.

sorry Hugh