Arial is always proportional--maybe you meant courier new???

Maybe this post by Debra Dalgleish will help:

You can change a registry setting to prevent this from happening (make a
backup copy of the registry first):

1. From the Start button, choose Run
2. Type regedit then click OK
3. Click the + sign to the left of HKEY_CURRENT_USER
4. Open Software, Microsoft, Office, 9.0, Excel, Options
5. Choose EditNewDWORD Value
6. Type the name for the DWORD: FontSub
7. Press Enter to complete the renaming
8. Choose EditModify
9. Type 0 as the value, select Decimal, and click OK
10. Close the Registry Editor

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That 9.0 will vary with your version of excel.

LeighUK wrote:

In Excel 2000, if you use Arial font with a size of 10 pitch, with a View
Zoom factor of 79% or below it is displayed as a proportional font. i.e. the
number 1 uses less space than the number 8. If you use a zoom factor of
greater than 80% it displays as a fixed pitch font. Is there any way to make
the font display permanently as fixed pitch, regardless of zoom factor?

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Dave Peterson