I've been wondering -- what paper size is closes

[colinsky]

I've been wondering -- what paper size is closest to the screen proportions of a Tablet?

I've been making some documents for screen-reading only, using Word and Acrobat. They're only for viewing on the screen, full screen. I want to use as much of the screen space as possible.

Both Letter and A4 aren't exactly the same size as my (Acer's) screen, so when "zoomed" to full screen size, they both leave extra, unused space. I know that my screen is 1024x768 (or 768x1024) in pixels, but Word doesn't give me the option of creating a document in pixels.

What I really want is a "page size" I can select that is equivalent to the entire tablet screen. Same with, say, printing a web page to the Journal printer -- I don't care if it is "letter", i just want it to be "full screen."

What should I use? I can set a custom page size. What should it be?

Anyone figured out a solution for this one yet?

[WillAdams]

Hmm, interesting.

Lessee, first, take two screen grabs of Word running as you would choose to run it (toolbars &c. so that ``chrome'' isn't included in the document area) set to ``fit to page'' one w/ a legal-sized page, the other w/ letter-sized page in landscape mode.

The first graphic will establish the height, the second will establish the width, we used ``fit to page'' so as to eliminate any scroll bars.

Now, open each graphic in an image editing app, if possible, overlay them, w/ the top one set to be slightly transparent, set guides to match the document area.

Now, verify in your Control Panel | Display Properties that your logical screen dpi is set to 96 dpi (the default). Make a note of whatever it is.

Go back to the image editing app, save the file, then re-save w/ a different name. Crop the second version to the document area established above. Now, make a note of the actual image size in pixels, and check the image dpi / resolution setting. If this doesn't match the number from the control panel, set it to do so. Now, check the physical dimensions of the image and make a note of them.

Go back to Word and create a new custom page which matches the image size arrived at above w/ a minimal margin.

William