It should help to press Alt while dragging to override the grid. Also, make
sure that auto resizing is disabled.

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"Y Chang" wrote in message
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When adjusting the column widths using the mouse cursor,
sometimes the boundary lines move to where you want it to;
sometimes it jumps around and reformats the entire table.

How can I adjust table width without this problem?

Thanks.

Our office uses Word 2003 on Windows XP Professional.