Set The Default Font In Word 2007
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When you create a new document, Word automatically uses a default font. If this is not the font you want to use, you can easily change it. If you are constantly changing the default font, you may want to change the default font permanently.
To set the default font in Word 2007:
- On the Home tab, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Font tab.
- Select the options that you want to apply to the default font, such as font style and font size. If you selected text in step 1, the properties of the selected text are set in the dialog box.
- Click Default, and then click Yes.
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9 Comments
Joy
October 4th, 2007
at 1:28pm
this is exactly what I needed :) thanks!
Norma
October 16th, 2007
at 9:11am
I have done these steps, however, each time I close out of Word and go back in later, the default fonts return to the factory defaults not the ones I changed it to. Help!
Thanks!
atakat
April 13th, 2008
at 10:27pm
great help exactly wat i need
CRC
May 30th, 2008
at 8:40am
Just like Norma’s comment…
each time I close out of Word and go back in later, the default fonts return to the factory defaults not the ones I changed it to.
Why?
Kristine
July 21st, 2008
at 11:28am
Same as Norma here too. I have changed it in each deafault setting as well as changing the Word template just as Microsoft.com has instructed. It shows what I would like it to be but each new document I open still has calibri 11 pt with weird spacing. My husbands computer will not change either. Does ANYBODY know how to troubleshoot this?
Roger
July 24th, 2008
at 5:23am
This is crap. “Click Default” but I search the whole friggin page and I don’t see a default anywhere to click. The software is too bloated, too complicated for simple, intuitive use.
Chris
August 11th, 2008
at 10:02pm
I’ve got the same problem as Norma and Kristine, but I think I’ve found a solution. Not sure if it works for you guys, but; Press Ctrl+Shift+P, then set the font, size, and style. When you’re done, press the button in the lower left corner, click ‘yes’ in the pop-up window that follows, and you’re set to go.
Greg
September 25th, 2008
at 9:09am
Your Normal.dotm file is probably corrupted and needs to be deleted. Close Word. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates. Remove the Normal.dotm file. When you reopen Word it will recreate that Normal.dotm file and it will be back to default settings. It should then successfully store your changes to defaults such as Font settings, Paragraph settings, etc.
Jon
September 26th, 2008
at 11:13am
Greg’s advice worked. Deleting the Normal.dotx and Normal.dotm allowed me to set defaults that stick.