First off...........the 8.43 is not cm

The number that appears in the Standard column width box is the average number
of digits 0-9 of the standard font that fit in a cell.

If you want all new workbooks to be 9.5 width............

Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish.

FileSave As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your
workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT.

Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

This will be the default workbook for FileNew or the Toolbar button FileNew or
CTRL + n

WARNING................Do not use FileNew...Blank Workbook or you will get the
Excel default workbook.

NOTE: Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings.

You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as
you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes
the default InsertSheet.

More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes).


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:32:04 -0700, CW wrote:

Using Excel 2003, the col width is set to 8.43 cm by default.
I want to make this 9.5cm for every new workbook that I create, by default.
How do I set this?