Inserting pic with printer pixel alignment

[John]

If I have a bit-map graphic of size 5 x 5 cm (say) with
300dpi and I insert it into word, is there a way to get
the size exactly right in Word so that the pixels in Word
align exactly with the pixels of my printer (which can be
set to 300dpi resolution).

I guess that the only way to do it would be to ensure that
the size in Word (under Format picture > Size) is set
exactly to 5 x 5 cm. But I get this feeling that Word does
a bit of rounding, so that the size would not be exactly 5
x 5 cm, so some pixel interpolation would result. Is there
a better way?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi John,

Word is text reflow software rather than Page layout
software and really fine tuning on a reliable basis
can be difficult as the printer you're using vs the
printer someone else is using can differ.

If the graphic has an internal count of the pixels per
inch used or if you've set to 300 pixels per inch
in Tools=>Options=>General=>Web Options=>[pictures]
then maybe, but the fonts on screen can differ from
the exact fonts printed. You can use table cells and
frames, etc to assist in positioning but sometimes 1/300th
of an inch placement can be a bit difficult to reproduce
repeatedly

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If I have a bit-map graphic of size 5 x 5 cm (say) with
300dpi and I insert it into word, is there a way to get
the size exactly right in Word so that the pixels in Word
align exactly with the pixels of my printer (which can be
set to 300dpi resolution).

I guess that the only way to do it would be to ensure that
the size in Word (under Format picture > Size) is set
exactly to 5 x 5 cm. But I get this feeling that Word does
a bit of rounding, so that the size would not be exactly 5
x 5 cm, so some pixel interpolation would result. Is there
a better way? >>
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I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[John]

Thanks Bob, I suspected that it would be tricky.