Microsoft KB Archive/176142

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SUMMARY
In Word, you can change the width of several columns in a table at once so that all of the cells have the same width and the table will fit within the specified margins.

MORE INFORMATION
To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Select the entire table.
 * 2) On the Format menu, click Table Cells.
 * 3) Verify that Apply To is set to Each Cell In Table
 * 4) In the Column Width box, type "Auto" (without the quotation marks).
 * 5) Click OK.

The table will now be resized.

Additional Information about Table Formatting in Word 5.x
In the (Format) Table Cells dialog box, the Apply To heading has four possible selections, which will result in different outcomes depending upon what is selected in the table. Selecting the different choices will change which columns and rows are resized. Each option is described in the following table.

NOTE: The first and second options will change the sizes of only those cells/columns where the selection is located, while the third and fourth options will actually adjust the widths of all the columns in the row(s) containing the selection.

This option              Does this

Entire Columns Selected This will equally resize all of the columns in                            the selection (even if the column is only                            partially selected) so that all of the columns in those rows will fit between the set margins.

Selection               This will equally resize only those cells that are selected so that all of the columns in                           those rows fit between the set margins.

Entire Rows Selected    This will equally resize all of the columns in                            the rows that contain the selection so that each column is the same width and those rows fit between the set margins.

Each Cell in Table      This will equally resize all of the cells in                            the table (regardless  of the selection) so                            that the entire table fits within the set margins. This will appear by default when the entire table is selected.