See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/TablePropPrbs.htm

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Joe Lewis" wrote in message
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I find I can set the width for two tables to 100% or even to 5.75
inches, and
if they start a slightly different width, setting the width in Table
Properties doesn't fix it. Maybe there's something wrong with what I
do, or
my version of W2003, but that's my experience.

"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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