# How do you display kb instead of bytes for preloader?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-display-kb-instead-of-bytes-for-preloader/4774>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 19, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-display-kb-instead-of-bytes-for-preloader/4774 "2002-08-19T22:02:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@Adam](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Adam)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-display-kb-instead-of-bytes-for-preloader/4774/1 "2002-08-19T22:02:44Z")

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Hey I did the “Preloader that Displays Load Progress” and I just want to know how to switch the bytes that it displays so that it displays kilobytes instead. Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-display-kb-instead-of-bytes-for-preloader/4774/2 "2002-08-19T22:26:36Z")

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1 byte = 1000 kilobytes

To get a byte to equal a kilobyte simply divide it by 1000.