Dan,

>That is not clear. We're trying to determine what the width of excel columns is based on. I thought it was pts 1/72 of an inch.

You're right, I found a article in the MS knowledge base: Q76388. It's about the relationship between points,inches and twips.

Another article explain how to convert pixels to twips: Q94927. Though the examples is written for MS Access, it easy to convert it into VFP code.

Good luck,

Walter