I'm glad you got it sorted!

FWIW, http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...ableToPage.htm also
describes how to fit a table to the width of the page; that method
preserves the relative sizes of column widths, too.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Joe Lewis" wrote in message
...
I think the solution is to us Table|Autofit|Fit to Window. There's a
great
article at
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=536.
I'm going to try it. Thanks to everyone for their helpful
suggestions!


"Joe Lewis" wrote:

Imagine a table with two rows of three cells each. The cells in
row 1 need to
be different widths than those in row 2. If the rows are not quite
the same
width, there's no way to make them the same width. You can split
the rows
into two tables, use Table Properties to set them to the same
"preferred"
width, but this does not always set them to an exact width.
Frustrating!

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