Generally speaking, you can change table formatting by altering the
applied table style. I'm not sure if "Automatically resize to fit
contents" can be specified in a table style (I'm currently not using
Word 2002/2003 which are the only versions with table styles), but you
can investigate this yourself: In a test document, you can create a
table style (via the Styles and Formatting pane) and see which
settings you can specify. You'll find that row height and column width
settings will be greyed out (Word won't allow you to change these);
see if the "Automatically resize to fit contents" option is available,
and you have your answer.

For more information about styles, see:

Create a new table style
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...766491033.aspx

Understanding paragraph, character, list, and table styles
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...876141033.aspx

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"tparet" skrev i meddelandet
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Hi,

I would like by default the "automatically resize to fit content"
option
checked off. I would like to have fixed cell width table.

I didn't find how to save this change for all new word document.

Does any of you have any idea?

regards,
Thierry PARET