"actual size" isn't in Pages

In pages, when I view "actual size" I get about 75% on the monitor (measuring the rulers). Can this be calibrated? Thanks.

Actually size isn't actual size anywhere in computing devices.
Nobody has done it yet but what is needed is a system file that calculates real world dimensions from the set resolution of the device screen and then adjust the UI accordingly.
Apple could lead the pack here and should because it has extremely high resolution monitors on the iMac 27" which are causing the UI in Finder to be ridiculously small.
Peter

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This is a long-standing minor irritation, but I would love to resolve it if possible. Preview opens an image and fits it to the screen size which is fine. If I then click Actual Size, it gives an image which is twice the actual size! I then have to do a single Zoom Out to get the real 'actual size' (which is still bigger than the fit-to-screen size).
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What you report is normal.
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_It is inverse._
I have already said this.
If one was to increase the ppi the 'actual size' would become smaller.
and the opposite also applies. They have an inverse relationship.
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Because it can show images you think it should be like an image viewer like Photoshop. It is a Print Preview application designed to show how an image will appear before it is sent to print.
The lower the DPI - the larger the actual size will be across your monitor's screen.
It works in DPI resolution to talk to the printer.
Photoshop works in absolute pixels X pixels to talk to the screen. They are doing two different things and you fail to see that. There is nothing wrong with your Preview application. Apple's Preview is the same thing as Photoshop's Print Preview.
Rather than lock on doggedly to your misconception, put it aside for a moment and take a fresh look.
I've done repeating myself.

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The background: InDesign was unable to display work at true actual size until CS6 came along. (So that 1 inch on the screen rulers equals 1 inch on a physical ruler.) Unfortunately, CS6 still doesn't get it right if your display is set to something other than its native resolution. For example, if I set my 27" NEC SpectraView display to "Best for Display" in the Displays system preference panel, then viewing at "Actual Size" in Indesign CS6 achieves true actual size. But that resolution is way too high, making the features of the user interface way too small. The comfortable display resolution is "scaled" to 1920x1080, which provides a nice 2-page layout viewing area (at true actual size) plus a comfortable user interface. However, InDesign CS6 ignores this and continues to draw the "Actual Size" view based on "best for display" resolution, and that results in a greatly shrunken image. Acrobat Pro has gotten this right for several versions now, but it is apparent from this and other CS shortcomings that the different product groups at Adobe aren't very good at what Samsung does and fail to copy each other's work.
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If you're like me and don't really use scripts, here is what to do with it on a Mac (with apologies to Dave and other experts who know a helluva lot more about this than I do):
1. Copy the text for the script and paste it into the blank window that opens when you start ExtendScript Toolkit CS6 (in Applications>Utilities>Adobe Utilities - CS6). Leave it open.
2. Go to Acrobat Pro>Preferences>Page Display and under Resolution note the number associated with "Use system setting". (On my system it is 81 pixels/inch.) I also suggest enabling that setting if it isn't, so that Acrobat also displays at true actual size.
3. Divide the number from Acrobat by 72, then multiply by 100. (This is essentially a percentage calculation of system resolution over the conversion value of 72 points/inch, which produces 112.5 in my example. I round it to 113.)
4. In the open script, change the number to what you got from the above result (113 in my example).
5. Save the script with a name such as "True actual size.jsx" and leave it on the Desktop where you can get it at later for dragging.
6. In InDesign, go to Window>Utilities>Scripts, then right click on User and choose Reveal in Finder. Drag your script into the User folder. (I recommend option-dragging it to leave the original on your Desktop for archiving.)
7. Test the script in an open InDesign document by double clicking on the script. The display should now show your work at true actual size.
8. The scripts window is awkward at best, so the last step is to assign a keyboard shortcut to your script. I use Control-1. Go to Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts… and choose Scripts. Scroll down to the bottom, where you should see your script listed. Highlight it and enter Control-1 (or whatever you prefer) into the New Shortcut window and click Assign. Then click Save. You won't be allowed to modify the Default set, but I was fine with "Default copy".
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Lastly and far from least, thank you for the script, Dave! If you or other pros come across this and see corrections or improvements, please set me straight.

Finder -> View menu -> Show Status Bar
Regards.

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I figured out that 2 of my podcast apps allow me to remove content after listening. Others don't, though.
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squidz wrote:
Interesting...I don't recall seeing that pref in the past. I'm using v8.1.6 and it is there. "System setting" is 99 px/inch. And here all these years I thought my Macs were 72 px/inch but Acrobat believes it to be 99. Which also explains why at 75% they looked closer to actual size.
I changed that setting to 72 and it display perfectly. But, as you said, that setting on someone else's system is beyond my control.
Seems pretty screwy that Acrobat itself drives how a user sees a document rather then the document delivering it's actual dims/resolution. I'm simply surprised that I've not known this all this time.
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