Displayed Row Height Difference For Excel on Mac and PC

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newtonmac

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Can anyone explain why the displayed row height is different on Excel for Mac compared to Excel for PC? When I open the default worksheet on my Mac, it displays 70 rows on the screen. When I open the default worksheet on my PC, it displays 50 rows on the screen. This occurs using the exact same monitor (Viewsonic 22") and the exact same screen resolution (1680 x 1050). The default row height on the Mac is 0.18" and the default row height on the PC is 12.75 points (0.177"?). I notice the same difference with any worksheet I open - the characters are smaller on the Mac and I need to increase the zoom percentage. Strangely enough, the horizontal width seems to match up relatively closely.

Is there something in Preferences or any other setup change that I can make to have this match up better?
 
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CyberTaz

The difference is in the manner in which Mac OS & Windows systems generate
their display. Macs have traditionally displayed 72 pixels per inch, the
Windows OS uses 96 ppi.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 

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