"actual size" does not display as actual size

If I open a document with "preview", and choose "dispay>actual size", the document will be displayed exactly at the actual size. For instance, an A4 document will be displayed exactly as large as an A4 size piece of paper. I checked by actually laying an A4 on the screen: they aligned perfectly. It appears that this program is aware of the pixel size or amount of Pixels Per Inch of my screen.
However, any other program I use to create documents, doesn't display "actual size" or "100%" properly.
Both iWork and Microsoft Office programs display documents way smaller than the actual size when set to 100%. Its is more like 50% to 60% of the actual size. Adobe acrobat displays at about 75% of the actual size. It seems that these programs base the display size on a preset pixel size or amount of Pixels Per Inch, that does not necessarily correspond with the pixel size of the screen. Since I have relatively small pixels, the documents are displayed very small.
*Is there any way that I can configure my OS or these programs in such a way that they will display "actual size" properly?*
I figure that if "preview" can do it, other Apple programs, like iWork, should be able to do the same.
Thanks for your help!

The terms "actual size" and "100%" are misnomers. To give an example, if you open an image in Preview and choose "actual size", it will display your image at 1 pixel on the screen per 1 pixel of image. The size of the image you see on your screen will be different depending on the resolution and size of your screen. It does not vary with the resolution of your printer or the dimensions of the paper you have chosen or any other printer settings. The size you see on the screen has nothing to do with the size of your printout. "Actual size" is not really "actual size", as you have discovered.
Turn on the rulers that are built into Pages. They are not "actual size" either but they'll show what the size will be for the paper size you have chosen.
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