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If there is information in the table, then each column is made as wide as possible to display all the information in that column.

If the table is empty, each column is made as narrow as possible, and you end up with a "scrunched" table. This can sound confusing, and the effects are best understood by trying out the feature with different types of information in your table.

The result is that Word adjusts your table so as much of each column is as visible as possible, within the limits of the page margins and according to how much information is in each column. Within the submenu, choose AutoFit to Contents.Right-click anywhere within the table.If you want to adjust all the columns so everything fits as well as possible, follow these steps if you are using Word 2000 through Word 2003: This allows you to see the columns that extend past the right margin and make any adjustments. Another thing to try is to switch to Normal (or Draft) view, as opposed to Page Layout (or Print Layout) view. For instance, you could change to landscape orientation, adjust the column widths, and then switch back to portrait orientation. There are several ways to deal with this type of situation. This may make it difficult to "grab" and resize the right-most column. If you later add a column to the table, the inserted column will push the right edge of the table past the right margin. When you first add a table to your document, Word determines column width by dividing the space available between margins by the number of columns in the table.