Unlike Microsoft Word, Excel does not provide a horizontal or vertical ruler, and there is no quick way to measure the width or height of a worksheet in inches. Excel uses characters, points, and pixels as units of measurement.
- The width of cells is displayed in characters and pixels rather than in inches. When you drag the boundary of a column heading to adjust the width of a column on the worksheet, a ScreenTip displays the width in characters and shows pixels in parentheses.
- The height of cells is displayed in points and pixels rather than in inches. When you drag the boundary of a row heading to adjust the height of a row on the worksheet, a ScreenTip displays the height in points and shows pixels in parentheses.
An approximate conversion of points and pixels to inches is shown in the following table.
| Points |
Pixels |
Inches |
| 18 |
24 |
.25 |
| 36 |
48 |
.5 |
| 72 |
96 |
1 |
| 108 |
144 |
1.5 |
| 144 |
192 |
2 |
