Random Width and Height Changes

Gary has a workbook set up with twelve worksheets, one for every month. He has framed the information in these worksheets so it just fits on his screen. At some point he opens his workbook to find that the June column widths have expanded so that they don't all fit on his screen. It is only the June columns that expand, but all worksheets will have their row heights expand from 12.75 to 13.50. If Gary resizes everything back so it once more fits his screen, everything is fine for a week or so, and then the resizing happens again.

It is unclear what might be causing this problem, but there are a few things you can check. If the workbook is stored on a network, where it can be accessed by other people, it could be that the change is occurring while someone else has the workbook open. In addition, if the workbook is opened on different machines, it could be that the other machines on which it is opened may be affecting the workbook, provided they have different screen resolutions or different printer fonts installed.

Being unsure as to the cause, it may be that the best solution is to create a macro that runs automatically when the workbook opens. This macro could go through the worksheets and set the column widths and row heights to what you need The following macro will perform these steps:

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
    Dim wSheet As Worksheet

    For Each wSheet In Worksheets
        ' Change range to reflect columns and rows you need to affect
        With wSheet.Range("A1:A15")
            .ColumnWidth = 12     ' Change to column width desired
            .RowHeight = 13       ' Change to row height desired
        End With
    Next wSheet
End Sub

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