The exact behaviour of Preferred Widths is a bit difficult to get used to in
non-standard situations. However, to precisely set cell widths you can ..

(a) use the old Column Width dialog.
To get this go to Tools Customize Commands (tab)
Select "All Commands" under Categories
Scroll down to find TableColumnWidth
Click and Drag it to your favourite toolbar

(b) Press and hold Alt while dragging the cell edge.

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Enjoy,
Tony


"Joe Lewis" wrote in message
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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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