How can I print a self-designed "note"?

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Per Stromgren

I have a common problem I would like to solve in Word: I often write
small "notes" or lables on a piece of paper and cuts out for fitting
on things: the memory list on the phone, labels for functions buttons
on a keyboard, etc. These papers have its size strictly defined by the
thing it fits on, normally.

What is the easiest way to get a text box in Word with the size
defined in cm (or inch) with borders inside the box and the box
outlined for cutting?

An ordinary textbox can do all this, except its size is in pixels, I
would rather not have to calcualte that. (Where is pixels/cm defined,
by the way?)

Per.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

The size of a text box need not be in pixels. On my system they're in
inches. For this type of application, I usually apply a light gray dotted
line border to the text box for cutting lines.
 
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Per Stromgren

The size of a text box need not be in pixels. On my system they're in
inches. For this type of application, I usually apply a light gray dotted
line border to the text box for cutting lines.
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Thanks! I did not know (didn't even try, to be honest) that I could
type "cm" in the size fields, but that works fine. It converts back to
size in pixels, however, but thtat is OK. I was fooled by experience
from other programs that has a drop-down box for choosing the unit.

Problem solved. Again!

Per.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

On the General tab of Tools | Options, you can select the unit of
measurement. If you're seeing pixels, I would guess it is because you have
checked the box for "Show pixels for HTML features," though I don't know why
a text box would be an "HTML feature." Perhaps you're seeing picas or points
instead of pixels?
 
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Per Stromgren

On the General tab of Tools | Options, you can select the unit of
measurement. If you're seeing pixels, I would guess it is because you have
checked the box for "Show pixels for HTML features," though I don't know why
a text box would be an "HTML feature." Perhaps you're seeing picas or points
instead of pixels?
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Yes, I had the checked the pixels-for-HTML box, and unchecking solved
that little problem.

No, I did not see picas or points, I saw pixels ("px"). It comes out
as 96 pixels per inch.

On a side issue, do you know if there is a function name cross
reference between local language versions of Word and the original? I
sometimes have a hard time to guess what Swedish word they invented
for some of the more exotic functions, or functions to which there are
a lot of synonyms in English or Swedish. It is not enough to be
fluent in both languages (not that I am, but enough to see the
problem).

Per.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

I am not aware of any equivalency tables for Word commands, but then I have
no command of anything but English anyway. There don't, unfortunately,
appear to be any specifically Swedish or Scandinavian Word or Office NGs,
unfortunately. OTOH, that increases the changes that Swedish users will be
posting here, so perhaps someone else will be more knowledgeable.

If you had the Multi-Language Pack or Multilingual User Interface Pack or
whatever it's called for your specific version, I suppose you could switch
between UI languages and find out that way.
 
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