To accomodate a client that needs a dynamically generated report in Word 2000
format for a web app, we decided to use office html (word html) format. This
allowed us to skip the installation of word on the web server and not use
automation which is slower.

However, there is a problem with tables that are generated that are
becoming too wide. When word opens this file (its in html format with the
word html styles etc) if i go to manually set table properties and turn off
the auto resizing option, it is greyed out and says that IE/Netscape does not
support that feature. If the doc is saved in word format (*.doc) then this
option becomes available.

My assessment of this is that I won't get the behavior im looking for as
html tables and overrun aren't set the same way as with word. i.e.) if you
have a width on a col set and the contents are too large it will expand the
table to accomodate.

Perhaps setting widths with inline styles?

My question is more corroboration of my testing and research. Am I missing
something? Is this behavior possible.

system needs to work with Word 2000 minimum. Would have loved to use the
new WordML xml type language instead, but that is 2003 only it seems.

thanks in advance for any assistance,