diff --git a/apps/server/src/ee b/apps/server/src/ee
index 71625f8e..662a0042 160000
--- a/apps/server/src/ee
+++ b/apps/server/src/ee
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 71625f8e246a7680991302fede87ba999c9db9da
+Subproject commit 662a0042eb6c56a01f8958447780fe2354467b14
diff --git a/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/serializer.ts b/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/serializer.ts
index 739f6f51..8745bd69 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/serializer.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/serializer.ts
@@ -26,10 +26,18 @@ import {
   ITableOptions,
   ITableRowOptions,
   IPropertiesOptions,
+  WidthType,
 } from 'docx';
 import { imageDimensionsFromData } from 'image-dimensions';
 import { createNumbering, NumberingStyles } from './numbering';
-import { buildDoc, createShortId } from './utils';
+import {
+  buildDoc,
+  CELL_MARGIN,
+  createShortId,
+  getTableCellWidths,
+  getTableColumnWidths,
+  TEXT_WIDTH,
+} from './utils';
 import { IFootnotes, INumbering, Mutable, SectionConfig, SerializationState } from './types';
 
 // This is duplicated from @curvenote/schema
@@ -337,7 +345,9 @@ export class DocxSerializerState {
     const { getCellOptions, getRowOptions, tableOptions } = opts;
     const actualChildren = this.children;
     const rows: TableRow[] = [];
-    node.content.forEach((row) => {
+    const columnWidths = getTableColumnWidths(node);
+    const cellWidths = getTableCellWidths(node, columnWidths);
+    node.content.forEach((row, _rowOffset, rowIndex) => {
       const cells: TableCell[] = [];
       // Check if all cells are headers in this row
       let tableHeader = true;
@@ -348,10 +358,13 @@ export class DocxSerializerState {
       });
       // This scales images inside of tables
       this.maxImageWidth = MAX_IMAGE_WIDTH / row.content.childCount;
-      row.content.forEach((cell) => {
+      row.content.forEach((cell, _cellOffset, cellIndex) => {
         this.children = [];
         this.renderContent(cell);
-        const tableCellOpts: Mutable<ITableCellOptions> = { children: this.children };
+        const tableCellOpts: Mutable<ITableCellOptions> = {
+          children: this.children,
+          width: { size: cellWidths[rowIndex][cellIndex], type: WidthType.DXA },
+        };
         const colspan = cell.attrs.colspan ?? 1;
         const rowspan = cell.attrs.rowspan ?? 1;
         if (colspan > 1) tableCellOpts.columnSpan = colspan;
@@ -366,7 +379,13 @@ export class DocxSerializerState {
       rows.push(new TableRow({ ...(getRowOptions?.(row) || {}), children: cells, tableHeader }));
     });
     this.maxImageWidth = MAX_IMAGE_WIDTH;
-    const table = new Table({ ...tableOptions, rows });
+    const table = new Table({
+      width: { size: TEXT_WIDTH, type: WidthType.DXA },
+      columnWidths,
+      margins: { left: CELL_MARGIN, right: CELL_MARGIN },
+      ...tableOptions,
+      rows,
+    });
     actualChildren.push(table);
     // If there are multiple tables, this seperates them
     actualChildren.push(new Paragraph(''));
@@ -763,6 +782,8 @@ export class DocxSerializerStateAsync {
     const { getCellOptions, getRowOptions, tableOptions } = opts;
     const actualChildren = this.children;
     const rows: TableRow[] = [];
+    const columnWidths = getTableColumnWidths(node);
+    const cellWidths = getTableCellWidths(node, columnWidths);
 
     for (let rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < node.content.childCount; rowIndex += 1) {
       const row = node.content.child(rowIndex);
@@ -786,7 +807,10 @@ export class DocxSerializerStateAsync {
         this.children = [];
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
         await this.renderContent(cell); // Ensure order
-        const tableCellOpts: Mutable<ITableCellOptions> = { children: this.children };
+        const tableCellOpts: Mutable<ITableCellOptions> = {
+          children: this.children,
+          width: { size: cellWidths[rowIndex][cellIndex], type: WidthType.DXA },
+        };
         const colspan = cell.attrs.colspan ?? 1;
         const rowspan = cell.attrs.rowspan ?? 1;
         if (colspan > 1) tableCellOpts.columnSpan = colspan;
@@ -803,7 +827,13 @@ export class DocxSerializerStateAsync {
     }
 
     this.maxImageWidth = MAX_IMAGE_WIDTH;
-    const table = new Table({ ...tableOptions, rows });
+    const table = new Table({
+      width: { size: TEXT_WIDTH, type: WidthType.DXA },
+      columnWidths,
+      margins: { left: CELL_MARGIN, right: CELL_MARGIN },
+      ...tableOptions,
+      rows,
+    });
     actualChildren.push(table);
     // If there are multiple tables, this separates them
     actualChildren.push(new Paragraph(''));
diff --git a/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/utils.ts b/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/utils.ts
index 60378b10..c8ef9e3e 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ext/src/lib/prosemirror-docx/utils.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,69 @@ import {
   ISectionOptions,
   Packer,
   SectionType,
+  sectionMarginDefaults,
+  sectionPageSizeDefaults,
 } from 'docx';
 import { Node as ProsemirrorNode } from 'prosemirror-model';
+import { TableMap } from '@tiptap/pm/tables';
 import { IFootnotes, SerializationState } from './types';
 
+// twips between the margins of docx's default page
+export const TEXT_WIDTH =
+  sectionPageSizeDefaults.WIDTH - sectionMarginDefaults.LEFT - sectionMarginDefaults.RIGHT;
+
+// twips of left and right cell padding Word gives tables by default
+export const CELL_MARGIN = 108;
+
+// colwidth is in editor px; these are the editor's default content width and cellMinWidth
+const EDITOR_WIDTH = 772;
+const CELL_MIN_WIDTH = 49;
+
 export function createShortId() {
   return Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 11);
 }
 
+function sum(values: number[]) {
+  return values.reduce((total, value) => total + value, 0);
+}
+
+// Spreads TEXT_WIDTH over the columns in their editor proportions. Columns never resized
+// have no colwidth and share what the resized ones leave of the editor width.
+export function getTableColumnWidths(table: ProsemirrorNode): number[] {
+  const colwidths: number[] = [];
+  table.firstChild?.forEach((cell) => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < cell.attrs.colspan; i += 1) {
+      colwidths.push(cell.attrs.colwidth?.[i] ?? 0);
+    }
+  });
+
+  const columnCount = TableMap.get(table).width;
+  const resized = colwidths.filter((width) => width > 0);
+  const unresizedCount = columnCount - resized.length;
+  const share = unresizedCount ? (EDITOR_WIDTH - sum(resized)) / unresizedCount : 0;
+  const widths = Array.from({ length: columnCount }, (_, i) =>
+    Math.max(colwidths[i] || share, CELL_MIN_WIDTH),
+  );
+
+  const total = sum(widths);
+  return widths.map((width) => Math.round((width / total) * TEXT_WIDTH));
+}
+
+// Each cell, by row and cell index, is as wide as the columns it spans.
+export function getTableCellWidths(table: ProsemirrorNode, columnWidths: number[]): number[][] {
+  const map = TableMap.get(table);
+  const cellWidths: number[][] = [];
+  table.forEach((row, rowOffset) => {
+    const rowWidths: number[] = [];
+    row.forEach((_cell, cellOffset) => {
+      const { left, right } = map.findCell(rowOffset + 1 + cellOffset);
+      rowWidths.push(sum(columnWidths.slice(left, right)));
+    });
+    cellWidths.push(rowWidths);
+  });
+  return cellWidths;
+}
+
 export function buildDoc(state: SerializationState, opts?: IPropertiesOptions): Document {
   let sections = state?.sections?.length
     ? state.sections.map((section) => ({