Exactly 10 here. Try it in a new worksheet. You have to use the Normal
font name and size. Unless you've changed the default it's Calibri and 11.

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Jim
"Andrea Jones" wrote in message
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| In older versions of Excel you could work out the column width you needed
by
| setting the number of characters. A date like 01/01/2008 would fit in a
| column 10 characters wide. In Excel 2007 dates do not fit in columns 10
| characters wide, even when the font is the same as the Normal style.
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| Does anyone have any ideas on this, looks like a bug to me?
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