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Default how can i find how many dpi a figure is?

macropod wrote:
Hi Chris,

For any images you've inserted into your document, go back to the
source and find its dimensions in pixels. Then divide that by the
dimensions in inches of the image as pasted & scaled in Word.


That figure will vary with the particular printer installed for any
particular computer. It's the printer drivers that determine what dpi max
can be printed, and Word uses those specs internally for its displays.


BTW, 1000dpi is a ridiculously high resolution - there's very few
people who could pick the difference between that and 600dpi for B/W
line art or 300dpi for a typical photo. And if the printer only
outputs at, say, 600dpi, anything more just adds to the file's bulk
without being printed. Vector graphics print at whatever resolution
the printer is capable of.


That's partly true, but ... printers often have such requirements and as
printers go, that's not a high resolution. 3 Megapixels or about 2000 x
1500 pixels is common for images and then you have to convert that to dpi
for the printer being used.


Cheers


"Chris F" Chris wrote in message
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I have a research paper and in order to be able to submit it to a
journal, the figures and the pictures that i used in the paper have
to be at least 1000dpi. how can i find how many dpi my figures and
pictures are?