Hi David,

It's probably mentioned in the article Suzanne gave you, but ...
You can set all tables to fixed width, so Word doesn't constantly run the
background task that tries to optimize column widths:

Dim myTable As Table
For Each myTable In ActiveDocument.Tables
myTable.AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitFixed)
myTable.AllowAutoFit = False ' might be redundant?
Next myTable

The tables won't change automatically any more, though.
You could write a macro that adjusts the tables "on demand" the way you want
and ends up with fixed column widths.
I use often something like:

Dim myTable As Table
For Each myTable In ActiveDocument.Tables
myTable.AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitContent)
ActiveDocument.Repaginate
myTable.AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitWindow)
ActiveDocument.Repaginate
myTable.AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitFixed)
myTable.AllowAutoFit = False
Next myTable

Regards,
Klaus



"David" wrote:
Thank You all for your help.

David

"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote:

David was telling us:
David nous racontait que :

Hello Suzanne, that kind of article is exactly what I need. Thank You.

I looked in Tols Options General and my "Background repagination"
is greyed out witha check. I am running Word 2002 am I wonder if that
is a setting I can't change, or I need to change one thing to get the
greyed box available.

This option is not available in Page Layout view. Here is what the help
has
to say about that option:

"Background repagination Repaginates documents automatically as you
work.
This option is unavailable when you use page layout view because it works
automatically in that mode and you can't turn it off. "

Generally speaking, if you are concerned with display speed while
working,
it is better to work in Normal view and switch to print layout only at
the
end to fine tune the lay out.

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Salut!
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