Microsoft KB Archive/161519

= WD97: Table Column Width Changes When Opened As HTML =

Article ID: 161519

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161519



SYMPTOMS
Table column widths may resize based on the amount of text within the columns when the document containing a table is opened as HTML.



CAUSE
The table size information was incomplete when the document was saved as HTML.



WORKAROUND
Define the column widths in the table using the following procedure:


 * 1) Select a column in the table.
 * 2) On the Table menu, click Cell Properties.
 * 3) From the Cell Properties dialog, change Width to the desired setting for the selected table column.
 * 4) Repeat steps 1-3 for each table column.
 * 5) Save the document as HTML.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 8.0 word8 word97

Keywords: KB161519

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