ruler has incorrect measurements, what am I doing wrong?

[ayudameconpublisher]

http://i41.tinypic.com/24g2ao0.jpg

*zoom 100%
*ruler measurement set to centimeter
and everything is bigger than it is supposed to be. what am i doing wrong
here?

 

[Jaime]

You need a bigger monitor )

 

[Mary Sauer]

And a better measure, go here. I have this ruler, at 100% zoom it is accurate/
http://wareseeker.com/Home-Shell-Desktop/cool-ruler-1.5.zip/255138

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

and an adjustable pixel ruler

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Microsoft MVP Expression Web

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

or ScreenCaliper



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web

 

[ayudameconpublisher]

it's not only the ruler that is wrong, the "paper area" is also bigger than
it is supposed to be.
and my monitor is large enough.

 

[Jaime]

I think most everyone here assumed you were posting the photo as a joke;
however if you are serious with your question --

The point was, what you see on the monitor has nothing to do with what
prints out, if you had a larger monitor, the ruler would appear larger
(perhaps even correctly scaled), if you had a very small monitor, the ruler
would be way out of scale. Publisher doesn't know what size monitor you are
using and adjust/calibrate the screen accordingly. Suppose, the image was
sent to a projector, as you moved the projector closer or further from the
wall, the size of the ruler will change drastically.

The ruler is there to show you what the printed output looks like.

 

[DavidF]

Go your control panel > Display properties > settings tab > advanced. If you
have the DPI setting at 120 dpi then change that to 96 dpi and OK out and
see if that changes the size of your ruler to something that looks better.

DavidF

 

[ayudameconpublisher]

Why is it possible to change the measurement type anyway if it can't be
displayed correctly... All Office programs should use just "units" and not cm
or anything else. Why would you want to see things in cm if the measurements
are not correct.
Can't quite get it. Thanks for the info, though.

 

[John Inzer]

Why is it possible to change the measurement type anyway if it can't
be displayed correctly... All Office programs should use just "units"
and not cm or anything else. Why would you want to see things in cm
if the measurements are not correct.
Can't quite get it. Thanks for the info, though.

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The canvas may not display exact size on screen...
but the ruler measurements in relation to the canvas
(not in relation to a tape measure) should be accurate.

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Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Jaime]

How would "units" help you know how big something is going to print?

 

[ayudameconpublisher]

incorrect inches and centimeters don't do much better at helping with that
either.

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

they're not incorrect...you just don't understand it yet.

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web

 

[Jaime]

Again, the onscreen size doesn't mean anything.

A page at 100% on a 15' monitor will be much smaller than a page at 100% on
a 20" monitor, but both will still print on a letter sized piece of paper
(if that is what you are using).

Good thing you are not trying do create an architectural plan of a 100'
building - I can't image what that monitor would cost!