If you're inserting tables into HTML messages, then you must be using
WordMail as your editor. The defaults will be Word's defaults. You can try
checkiing the "Remember Dimensions for New Tables" box and should save
changes to the Normal.dot file if you're prompted to do so.

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> Hi,
>
> I am using OL2003 and would like to set default parameters for new tables
> that I choose to insert in an HTML message. How could I do that?
>
> Thanks