Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Specifying Your Target Monitor.

Specifying Your Target Monitor

by Allen Wyatt
(last updated February 5, 2019)

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If you are developing Web pages in Excel, it is a good idea to have in mind who the user is. The user, obviously, is the person who will view your Web page. However, there are certain assumptions that must be made about the user, and those assumptions will affect how you put your Web page together.

One of the prime considerations is what resolution of monitor the user will be using. This affects the presentation of graphics and text on their page. For instance, a graphic that shows up nicely centered on your screen at a high resolution may not give the desired impact if the user is working at a lower resolution.

You can instruct Excel to make certain assumptions about the user's monitor resolution as you are developing Web pages. You set the target resolution by following these steps:

  1. Display the Excel Options dialog box. (In Excel 2007 click the Office button and then click Excel Options. In Excel 2010 and Excel 2013 display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.)
  2. Click Advanced at the left side of the dialog box.
  3. Scroll through the list of available options until you see the General group.
  4. Click the Web Options button. Excel displays the Web Options dialog box.
  5. Make sure the Pictures tab is selected. (See Figure 1.)

    6. Figure 1. The Pictures tab of the Web Options dialog box.

  6. Using the Screen Size drop-down list, select the screen resolution you believe most of your users will have.
  7. Click on OK to close the Web Options dialog box.
  8. Click on OK to close the Excel Options dialog box.

ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (6222) applies to Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, and 2013. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Excel here: Specifying Your Target Monitor.

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What is 9 - 5?

2015-01-19 08:57:53

balthamossa2b

You can read a screen's resolution, kinda, by placing this in the Workbook_Open event (with global variables):


ActiveWindow.Zoom = 100
Application.DisplayFullScreen
height = ActiveWindow.VisibleRange.height
width = ActiveWindow.VisibleRange.width


Then place your elements accordingly.

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