what unit is column width measured in? ie inches, spaces, etc?

A

adissimo

i need to know what column width is measured in so i can change a column
width to 3 inches. How would i do that?
 
J

John Vinson

i need to know what column width is measured in so i can change a column
width to 3 inches. How would i do that?
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Set it to either US or Metric as you wish, in Windows:

Start... Control Panel... Regional and Language Options... click
Customize... set Measurement System.

John W. Vinson[MVP]
 
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Brendan Reynolds

If you're changing it via the UI (User Interface) Access will use whatever
measurement system your PC is configured to use, as described by John
elsewhere in this thread. If you're setting the width programmatically,
however, it is set in twips. There are 1440 twips to an inch, so for three
inches set the width to 1440 * 3, or 4320.
 
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