In a message dated 11/20/2002 8:41:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I found the following definition of an inch: > >1 inch = 2.4 cm > > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q189826 > >From that page came this most interesting paragraph: To improve its usability, PowerPoint slightly misdefines the size of a centimeter to make the invisible gridlines fall at convenient points on the ruler. With this conversion, there are 5 picas per centimeter and the gridlines fall at very convenient points on the ruler. So convenient, in fact, that working in the metric system is really easier than working in the English system. The table below shows how much simpler the metric grid is in "PowerPoint centimeters" than in actual centimeters.
