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zoom to 100% is bigger than 100%

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2009-05-06 05:25:45
timrobinson33
Registered: May 6 2009
Posts: 5
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Hi

I am using acrobat 9 standard on windows 7 with the desktop resolution set to 96 dpi (default)

if i make a word document with a text box 1 inch across, and i zoom to 100% in word, the text box appears 96 pixels across (pretty obvious so far)

Now, if I convert it to PDF and then view the PDF at 100%, the text box takes up 110 pixels

so is 100% zoom in acrobat actually 115%? I can't think of any other solution

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2009-05-06 08:56:56
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UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
Check edit/preferences/page display - there's an option to choose the assumed display DPI so you can get real-world size pages on your monitor.
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2009-05-06 09:58:49
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timrobinson33
Registered: May 6 2009
Posts: 5
wow thanks - I didn't realise that setting was in there (I'm sure i didn't change that myself)
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