The whole auto resizing feature was designed for the Web. You could disable
it (Table Properties | Table | Options: Automatically resize to fit
contents), but it might be better to set a preferred width for the phone
number column.

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> Our school website is done using Word, so it's easy for
> teachers to change pages. I created a table for our
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> phone nuber? It's not really a problem for the "name"
> or "address" columns. Thanks!