Cannot be done unless you create a Template with the settings you wish.

Only newly-created files will have the settings.

Existing files will have to be altered one by one as you open them.

Save the workbook/template as Book.XLT and place it in your Office\XLSTART
folder. You can also make a Sheet.XLT and this will be your InsertWorksheet
default. Place it also in XLSTART folder.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:13:03 -0800, "change standard column width"
om wrote:

i want to change the standard column witdh from 8.43 to other value
i want this setting to be saved in the excel program not in the xls file
all supported files to be opend with the new column width