Office 2007
In Excel 2007, changing text from normal to bold no longer increases the size of the default font, Calibri (one of the Office 2007/Vista “C” fonts).
For us compulsive column-resizers, this is like sweet tea on a hot, Georgia afternoon.
My Office 2000⁄2003 workflow is typically:
Type + Return + AutoFit Column + Bold + AutoFit Column