Thanks for the reply too. I looked at the web page at mvps.org, but my
problem is not solved yet. I did try to change the template file "normal.dot"
and I could change the font and format etc.. But one thing the template does
NOT save is the Language, which is always reset back to "Chinese (PRC)". I
don't know why this happens, because I have already set the Language to
"English (U.S.)" at the Tool | Language | Set language...
Any more suggestion?

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

All your defaults are as set in the template. If you change that it should
help. See: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...ocNotBlank.htm for
details.


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Enjoy,
Tony

"oxmon" wrote in message
...
I'm using MS Word 2003 SP2. I installed Asian language package because
sometimes I need to open or write documents in Asian fonts. But mostly I
still write in English and I prefer the standard Times New Romans for
Normal
template. However everytime I open a new document the font is always set
to a
Chinese font (SumSun) and the input language as Chinese.

I tried to set the default font from the Tools menu, but there I have to
select both Asian and Latin default text font , and I can't specify Latin
over Asian font.

I have done all that I could: I set the default language to English (U.S.)
using Tools menu in MS Word, and set English as the default input language
in
Control panelReginal and Language OptionsLanguageDetailsdefault input
language.

There's no such problem with MS Excel or PowerPoint, which I can easily
change the default font.

Any advice? Thanks in advance.

Oxmon