Repeating my reply of several hours earlier, which seems to have got lost:

Do you have Acrobat 7 installed? If so, see the last part of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm

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Words into Type
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"smokymtnmom" wrote in message
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I am having the same problem, and trying to make the new format settings
the
default is not working


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm

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Words into Type
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"Nick" wrote in message
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I have the same problem. If I change the default font to something
other
than Times, next time I start Word it reverts back to Times! This
never
used
to happen.

Nick
"Mary" wrote in message
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Open a new blank document, go to Format, Font, choose Arial & size
etc,
click
the Default button, say yes to all the warnings, including the one
to
change
Normal. dot.

"Antonyp32" wrote:

At the moment, when I start to type in a new document, the font is
automatically Times Roman, when I would much prefer to use the Font
Arial.
How do I change it? It's no use altering the default setting, for
example.