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Actual size does not display as actual size

Hi All,
Like many of you at one time, I am new to Macs. I have a new iMac and 15"MacBook Pro and observe the same problem on both. I open a document with a default view of 125%. When I go to View/Zoom/Actual size, the document goes to 100% and the onscreen size changes. HOWEVER, the actual size is really at about 75% (one inch on the document ruler actually measures about 3/4 inch). The closest I can get to actual size onscreen is to use 125% but that only approximates actual size.
Any ideas??????
I often print out titles, sayings etc which are used by my wife in her scrapbooking and therefore, it is important to know the actual size!!!
Thanks,
phrankxm

iMac and 15"MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Sep 2, 2009 11:59 AM

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Actual size does not display as actual size

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