Another possibility, if a bit clumsy:

Insert an empty row where you want to paste, select that, and "Paste
Special" as unformatted text.
If you don't mind loosing the formatting, that is...

Klaus



"Stefan Blom" wrote:
Have you tried holding the ALT key as you drag the table borders?

Alternatively, you can use the old Cell Height and Width dialog box.
For more information, see:

How to sidestep the problems of the Word 2000 (and higher) Table
Properties dialog
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TablePropPrbs.htm

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"JR" wrote in message
...
I'm having trouble controlling widths of table columns. When I
paste rows
from one table into another, where the column widths don't match, I
don't
seem to be able to drag to adjust the column widths like I used to
in the old
version. The table automatically resizes itself. I've tried
turning off the
Automatic Resize to Contents option, and have tried setting the
width of the
table but nothing seems to work.
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Thanks
JR