Measure Area
Measure
You can use the Measure Area tool to measure an area you enter, the area of hatching, a pattern or fill, or the area of a 3D surface.
To measure an area
- Click Measure Area.
Or
Click Measure (How) and then Area.
- Define the area you want to measure in one of the following ways:
- Do the following:
- Click Set precision to specify the decimal places for the values returned. The values are rounded off accordingly.
- Click to place the measurement result as text (only possible if you have not selected the measurement tool while another tool is active).
- Click one of the values to use it for a tool or for the calculator.
- Click and then, in the dialog box, click a value to copy it to the Clipboard.
- Click OK to measure another element.
- Click Cancel to quit the measurement tool.