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Changing Default Font
When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman.
Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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thanks Suzanne S. Barnhill
my long time doubt is cleared. Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore ============================================== "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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I have tried all the suggestions in your
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of
the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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Hi Terry,
Yes, I did that: Format, Font, Default. Word then asked if I wanted to "...change the default font to "XXXX"? This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template." But it doesn't! In any new document, as soon as I start typing, it reverts to Times New Roman, in spite of initially showing my desired font in the Styles and Formatting toolbar. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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Open the Normal template (normal.dot) as a document. Select the blank
paragraph and press Ctrl+Q (to reset paragraph formatting) and Ctrl+SpaceBar (to reset font formatting). If you see the correct formatting at this time, save and close the template. To open normal.dot as a document, you can search for it in Windows (be sure to search hidden files and folders). Right-click the file that you found, and then choose Open from the context menu. See also the "To make other changes" section in the article at http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Yes, I did that: Format, Font, Default. Word then asked if I wanted to "...change the default font to "XXXX"? This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template." But it doesn't! In any new document, as soon as I start typing, it reverts to Times New Roman, in spite of initially showing my desired font in the Styles and Formatting toolbar. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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Hi Stefan,
I have opened NORMAL.DOT as you described (it opened as a completely blank page in Word 2003), pressed Ctrl+Q and then Ctrl+SpaceBar and the correct formatting appeared in the toolbar. I then saved NORMAL.DOT, closed the template and closed Word 2003. On re-opening Word and selecting New Document, the correct formatting was still shown but, as soon as I start typing, the font reverts again to Times New Roman... What does X do next? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Open the Normal template (normal.dot) as a document. Select the blank paragraph and press Ctrl+Q (to reset paragraph formatting) and Ctrl+SpaceBar (to reset font formatting). If you see the correct formatting at this time, save and close the template. To open normal.dot as a document, you can search for it in Windows (be sure to search hidden files and folders). Right-click the file that you found, and then choose Open from the context menu. See also the "To make other changes" section in the article at http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Yes, I did that: Format, Font, Default. Word then asked if I wanted to "...change the default font to "XXXX"? This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template." But it doesn't! In any new document, as soon as I start typing, it reverts to Times New Roman, in spite of initially showing my desired font in the Styles and Formatting toolbar. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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What font are you trying to use as the new default? It sounds as though you
are trying to use a font which you don't have the correct permissions to use or is corrupt. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, I have opened NORMAL.DOT as you described (it opened as a completely blank page in Word 2003), pressed Ctrl+Q and then Ctrl+SpaceBar and the correct formatting appeared in the toolbar. I then saved NORMAL.DOT, closed the template and closed Word 2003. On re-opening Word and selecting New Document, the correct formatting was still shown but, as soon as I start typing, the font reverts again to Times New Roman... What does X do next? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Open the Normal template (normal.dot) as a document. Select the blank paragraph and press Ctrl+Q (to reset paragraph formatting) and Ctrl+SpaceBar (to reset font formatting). If you see the correct formatting at this time, save and close the template. To open normal.dot as a document, you can search for it in Windows (be sure to search hidden files and folders). Right-click the file that you found, and then choose Open from the context menu. See also the "To make other changes" section in the article at http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Yes, I did that: Format, Font, Default. Word then asked if I wanted to "...change the default font to "XXXX"? This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template." But it doesn't! In any new document, as soon as I start typing, it reverts to Times New Roman, in spite of initially showing my desired font in the Styles and Formatting toolbar. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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Hi Terry,
I am trying to use a font called 'Architect', which always worked before and was accepted by Word as a default font. At present, if I select the text that Word has insisted should be in Times New Roman, and choose Architect as the font, Word allows this - until I start typing again, when it immediately reverts to TNR. Even adding a space to the end of the Architect text converts it to TNR. I should add that if I select text in a different program, save it to Clipboard and then paste it to a New Blank Document in Word, it appears as Architect €“ again, until I try to add to it. So it seems to me (in my ignorance!) that Architect is a) permissible and b) not corrupt. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: What font are you trying to use as the new default? It sounds as though you are trying to use a font which you don't have the correct permissions to use or is corrupt. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, I have opened NORMAL.DOT as you described (it opened as a completely blank page in Word 2003), pressed Ctrl+Q and then Ctrl+SpaceBar and the correct formatting appeared in the toolbar. I then saved NORMAL.DOT, closed the template and closed Word 2003. On re-opening Word and selecting New Document, the correct formatting was still shown but, as soon as I start typing, the font reverts again to Times New Roman... What does X do next? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Open the Normal template (normal.dot) as a document. Select the blank paragraph and press Ctrl+Q (to reset paragraph formatting) and Ctrl+SpaceBar (to reset font formatting). If you see the correct formatting at this time, save and close the template. To open normal.dot as a document, you can search for it in Windows (be sure to search hidden files and folders). Right-click the file that you found, and then choose Open from the context menu. See also the "To make other changes" section in the article at http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Yes, I did that: Format, Font, Default. Word then asked if I wanted to "...change the default font to "XXXX"? This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template." But it doesn't! In any new document, as soon as I start typing, it reverts to Times New Roman, in spite of initially showing my desired font in the Styles and Formatting toolbar. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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I've seen this before with a special font and it has definitely been due to
font license permissions. If it definitely worked correctly before, it may be because the font license has expired. Are you able to change to other (Windows) fonts as the default (say Arial)? I am certain this is a problem with the font. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, I am trying to use a font called 'Architect', which always worked before and was accepted by Word as a default font. At present, if I select the text that Word has insisted should be in Times New Roman, and choose Architect as the font, Word allows this - until I start typing again, when it immediately reverts to TNR. Even adding a space to the end of the Architect text converts it to TNR. I should add that if I select text in a different program, save it to Clipboard and then paste it to a New Blank Document in Word, it appears as Architect €“ again, until I try to add to it. So it seems to me (in my ignorance!) that Architect is a) permissible and b) not corrupt. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: What font are you trying to use as the new default? It sounds as though you are trying to use a font which you don't have the correct permissions to use or is corrupt. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, I have opened NORMAL.DOT as you described (it opened as a completely blank page in Word 2003), pressed Ctrl+Q and then Ctrl+SpaceBar and the correct formatting appeared in the toolbar. I then saved NORMAL.DOT, closed the template and closed Word 2003. On re-opening Word and selecting New Document, the correct formatting was still shown but, as soon as I start typing, the font reverts again to Times New Roman... What does X do next? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Open the Normal template (normal.dot) as a document. Select the blank paragraph and press Ctrl+Q (to reset paragraph formatting) and Ctrl+SpaceBar (to reset font formatting). If you see the correct formatting at this time, save and close the template. To open normal.dot as a document, you can search for it in Windows (be sure to search hidden files and folders). Right-click the file that you found, and then choose Open from the context menu. See also the "To make other changes" section in the article at http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Yes, I did that: Format, Font, Default. Word then asked if I wanted to "...change the default font to "XXXX"? This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template." But it doesn't! In any new document, as soon as I start typing, it reverts to Times New Roman, in spite of initially showing my desired font in the Styles and Formatting toolbar. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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Hi Terry,
You're perfectly correct! I've tried several other fonts and Word doesn't revert them to TNR. Question: How do I reinstate Architect? I've had it for so long I don't remember where I got it from, so why would it suddenly become expired? The font file is ARCHITIC.TTF; Size:31,160 bytes; Date/Time: 06 Feb 1992 01:38:34. Ah! Google has found an example of Architect at:- http://www.filecart.com/fonts/font-4931-Architect.html - so I'm going to try installing that. I'll let you know if it is acceptable to Word. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: I've seen this before with a special font and it has definitely been due to font license permissions. If it definitely worked correctly before, it may be because the font license has expired. Are you able to change to other (Windows) fonts as the default (say Arial)? I am certain this is a problem with the font. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, I am trying to use a font called 'Architect', which always worked before and was accepted by Word as a default font. At present, if I select the text that Word has insisted should be in Times New Roman, and choose Architect as the font, Word allows this - until I start typing again, when it immediately reverts to TNR. Even adding a space to the end of the Architect text converts it to TNR. I should add that if I select text in a different program, save it to Clipboard and then paste it to a New Blank Document in Word, it appears as Architect €“ again, until I try to add to it. So it seems to me (in my ignorance!) that Architect is a) permissible and b) not corrupt. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: What font are you trying to use as the new default? It sounds as though you are trying to use a font which you don't have the correct permissions to use or is corrupt. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, I have opened NORMAL.DOT as you described (it opened as a completely blank page in Word 2003), pressed Ctrl+Q and then Ctrl+SpaceBar and the correct formatting appeared in the toolbar. I then saved NORMAL.DOT, closed the template and closed Word 2003. On re-opening Word and selecting New Document, the correct formatting was still shown but, as soon as I start typing, the font reverts again to Times New Roman... What does X do next? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Open the Normal template (normal.dot) as a document. Select the blank paragraph and press Ctrl+Q (to reset paragraph formatting) and Ctrl+SpaceBar (to reset font formatting). If you see the correct formatting at this time, save and close the template. To open normal.dot as a document, you can search for it in Windows (be sure to search hidden files and folders). Right-click the file that you found, and then choose Open from the context menu. See also the "To make other changes" section in the article at http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Yes, I did that: Format, Font, Default. Word then asked if I wanted to "...change the default font to "XXXX"? This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template." But it doesn't! In any new document, as soon as I start typing, it reverts to Times New Roman, in spite of initially showing my desired font in the Styles and Formatting toolbar. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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Mark
Microsoft have a free Typography Tool that you can download from http://microsoft-typography.10001downloads.com/ The tool does the following... Microsoft Typography is a free tool from Microsoft that lets you access new advanced options in fonts (the type of letter you use when writing). Microsoft Typography adds new properties to the TrueType and OpenType fonts to get more out of them. The font properties that show extra information like the name of the programmer, the version of the font, licence, description, etc. What use is this information? Well, it helps programmers create their own fonts from the already known ones. After installing Microsoft Typography you just have to open the Control Panel and click on Fonts, and once there click in the right button in Properties. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, You're perfectly correct! I've tried several other fonts and Word doesn't revert them to TNR. Question: How do I reinstate Architect? I've had it for so long I don't remember where I got it from, so why would it suddenly become expired? The font file is ARCHITIC.TTF; Size:31,160 bytes; Date/Time: 06 Feb 1992 01:38:34. Ah! Google has found an example of Architect at:- http://www.filecart.com/fonts/font-4931-Architect.html - so I'm going to try installing that. I'll let you know if it is acceptable to Word. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: I've seen this before with a special font and it has definitely been due to font license permissions. If it definitely worked correctly before, it may be because the font license has expired. Are you able to change to other (Windows) fonts as the default (say Arial)? I am certain this is a problem with the font. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, I am trying to use a font called 'Architect', which always worked before and was accepted by Word as a default font. At present, if I select the text that Word has insisted should be in Times New Roman, and choose Architect as the font, Word allows this - until I start typing again, when it immediately reverts to TNR. Even adding a space to the end of the Architect text converts it to TNR. I should add that if I select text in a different program, save it to Clipboard and then paste it to a New Blank Document in Word, it appears as Architect €“ again, until I try to add to it. So it seems to me (in my ignorance!) that Architect is a) permissible and b) not corrupt. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: What font are you trying to use as the new default? It sounds as though you are trying to use a font which you don't have the correct permissions to use or is corrupt. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, I have opened NORMAL.DOT as you described (it opened as a completely blank page in Word 2003), pressed Ctrl+Q and then Ctrl+SpaceBar and the correct formatting appeared in the toolbar. I then saved NORMAL.DOT, closed the template and closed Word 2003. On re-opening Word and selecting New Document, the correct formatting was still shown but, as soon as I start typing, the font reverts again to Times New Roman... What does X do next? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Open the Normal template (normal.dot) as a document. Select the blank paragraph and press Ctrl+Q (to reset paragraph formatting) and Ctrl+SpaceBar (to reset font formatting). If you see the correct formatting at this time, save and close the template. To open normal.dot as a document, you can search for it in Windows (be sure to search hidden files and folders). Right-click the file that you found, and then choose Open from the context menu. See also the "To make other changes" section in the article at http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Yes, I did that: Format, Font, Default. Word then asked if I wanted to "...change the default font to "XXXX"? This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template." But it doesn't! In any new document, as soon as I start typing, it reverts to Times New Roman, in spite of initially showing my desired font in the Styles and Formatting toolbar. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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Hi Terry,
I downloaded Architect from:- http://www.filecart.com/fonts/font-4931-Architect.html - but found that it is a quite different font! I searched for other fonts that resembled my original Architect and the closest I could find was TEKTONPRO-OBL.OTF. But when I installed this, although it shows up in the Control Panel - Fonts list, MS Word doesn't seem to acknowledge its existence. Is there some reason why Word cannot use a .otf font? I just found your reply of 3 August about the Typography Tool, thank you. I'll get it and see what it can do for me. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: Mark Microsoft have a free Typography Tool that you can download from http://microsoft-typography.10001downloads.com/ The tool does the following... Microsoft Typography is a free tool from Microsoft that lets you access new advanced options in fonts (the type of letter you use when writing). Microsoft Typography adds new properties to the TrueType and OpenType fonts to get more out of them. The font properties that show extra information like the name of the programmer, the version of the font, licence, description, etc. What use is this information? Well, it helps programmers create their own fonts from the already known ones. After installing Microsoft Typography you just have to open the Control Panel and click on Fonts, and once there click in the right button in Properties. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, You're perfectly correct! I've tried several other fonts and Word doesn't revert them to TNR. Question: How do I reinstate Architect? I've had it for so long I don't remember where I got it from, so why would it suddenly become expired? The font file is ARCHITIC.TTF; Size:31,160 bytes; Date/Time: 06 Feb 1992 01:38:34. Ah! Google has found an example of Architect at:- http://www.filecart.com/fonts/font-4931-Architect.html - so I'm going to try installing that. I'll let you know if it is acceptable to Word. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: I've seen this before with a special font and it has definitely been due to font license permissions. If it definitely worked correctly before, it may be because the font license has expired. Are you able to change to other (Windows) fonts as the default (say Arial)? I am certain this is a problem with the font. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, I am trying to use a font called 'Architect', which always worked before and was accepted by Word as a default font. At present, if I select the text that Word has insisted should be in Times New Roman, and choose Architect as the font, Word allows this - until I start typing again, when it immediately reverts to TNR. Even adding a space to the end of the Architect text converts it to TNR. I should add that if I select text in a different program, save it to Clipboard and then paste it to a New Blank Document in Word, it appears as Architect €“ again, until I try to add to it. So it seems to me (in my ignorance!) that Architect is a) permissible and b) not corrupt. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: What font are you trying to use as the new default? It sounds as though you are trying to use a font which you don't have the correct permissions to use or is corrupt. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, I have opened NORMAL.DOT as you described (it opened as a completely blank page in Word 2003), pressed Ctrl+Q and then Ctrl+SpaceBar and the correct formatting appeared in the toolbar. I then saved NORMAL.DOT, closed the template and closed Word 2003. On re-opening Word and selecting New Document, the correct formatting was still shown but, as soon as I start typing, the font reverts again to Times New Roman... What does X do next? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Open the Normal template (normal.dot) as a document. Select the blank paragraph and press Ctrl+Q (to reset paragraph formatting) and Ctrl+SpaceBar (to reset font formatting). If you see the correct formatting at this time, save and close the template. To open normal.dot as a document, you can search for it in Windows (be sure to search hidden files and folders). Right-click the file that you found, and then choose Open from the context menu. See also the "To make other changes" section in the article at http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Yes, I did that: Format, Font, Default. Word then asked if I wanted to "...change the default font to "XXXX"? This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template." But it doesn't! In any new document, as soon as I start typing, it reverts to Times New Roman, in spite of initially showing my desired font in the Styles and Formatting toolbar. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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My guess is that the printer doesn't support OpenType fonts. It is the
printer driver that determines which fonts are seen in the font list in Office. If the printer doesn't support a font, you won't see it listed. But try the following to see if it helps http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313487/en-us Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, I downloaded Architect from:- http://www.filecart.com/fonts/font-4931-Architect.html - but found that it is a quite different font! I searched for other fonts that resembled my original Architect and the closest I could find was TEKTONPRO-OBL.OTF. But when I installed this, although it shows up in the Control Panel - Fonts list, MS Word doesn't seem to acknowledge its existence. Is there some reason why Word cannot use a .otf font? I just found your reply of 3 August about the Typography Tool, thank you. I'll get it and see what it can do for me. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: Mark Microsoft have a free Typography Tool that you can download from http://microsoft-typography.10001downloads.com/ The tool does the following... Microsoft Typography is a free tool from Microsoft that lets you access new advanced options in fonts (the type of letter you use when writing). Microsoft Typography adds new properties to the TrueType and OpenType fonts to get more out of them. The font properties that show extra information like the name of the programmer, the version of the font, licence, description, etc. What use is this information? Well, it helps programmers create their own fonts from the already known ones. After installing Microsoft Typography you just have to open the Control Panel and click on Fonts, and once there click in the right button in Properties. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, You're perfectly correct! I've tried several other fonts and Word doesn't revert them to TNR. Question: How do I reinstate Architect? I've had it for so long I don't remember where I got it from, so why would it suddenly become expired? The font file is ARCHITIC.TTF; Size:31,160 bytes; Date/Time: 06 Feb 1992 01:38:34. Ah! Google has found an example of Architect at:- http://www.filecart.com/fonts/font-4931-Architect.html - so I'm going to try installing that. I'll let you know if it is acceptable to Word. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: I've seen this before with a special font and it has definitely been due to font license permissions. If it definitely worked correctly before, it may be because the font license has expired. Are you able to change to other (Windows) fonts as the default (say Arial)? I am certain this is a problem with the font. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, I am trying to use a font called 'Architect', which always worked before and was accepted by Word as a default font. At present, if I select the text that Word has insisted should be in Times New Roman, and choose Architect as the font, Word allows this - until I start typing again, when it immediately reverts to TNR. Even adding a space to the end of the Architect text converts it to TNR. I should add that if I select text in a different program, save it to Clipboard and then paste it to a New Blank Document in Word, it appears as Architect €“ again, until I try to add to it. So it seems to me (in my ignorance!) that Architect is a) permissible and b) not corrupt. Mark "Terry Farrell" wrote: What font are you trying to use as the new default? It sounds as though you are trying to use a font which you don't have the correct permissions to use or is corrupt. Terry "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, I have opened NORMAL.DOT as you described (it opened as a completely blank page in Word 2003), pressed Ctrl+Q and then Ctrl+SpaceBar and the correct formatting appeared in the toolbar. I then saved NORMAL.DOT, closed the template and closed Word 2003. On re-opening Word and selecting New Document, the correct formatting was still shown but, as soon as I start typing, the font reverts again to Times New Roman... What does X do next? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Open the Normal template (normal.dot) as a document. Select the blank paragraph and press Ctrl+Q (to reset paragraph formatting) and Ctrl+SpaceBar (to reset font formatting). If you see the correct formatting at this time, save and close the template. To open normal.dot as a document, you can search for it in Windows (be sure to search hidden files and folders). Right-click the file that you found, and then choose Open from the context menu. See also the "To make other changes" section in the article at http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "freded" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, Yes, I did that: Format, Font, Default. Word then asked if I wanted to "...change the default font to "XXXX"? This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template." But it doesn't! In any new document, as soon as I start typing, it reverts to Times New Roman, in spite of initially showing my desired font in the Styles and Formatting toolbar. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Did you use Format, Font and click on the DEFAULT button at the bottom of the dialog? When you then closed Word, did it not prompt you to save changes to the global template? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "freded" wrote in message ... I have tried all the suggestions in your http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but still cannot stop MS Word 2003 from immediately reverting to Times New Roman as soon as I start typing. Even if I select the typed text and try to reset the font/size/bold/colour that I want, it immediately reverts as soon as I type. This behaviour seems to have started only since I had to completely reinstall Office 2003. I hope you have an answer for this as it's driving me crazy! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Format | Font: select the font you want and click Default... For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Mahendra raj; "Coimbatore" wrote in message ... When Word is opened it shows the default font as Times New Roman. Like Excel General tab there is an option for changing default font. But in Word I couldn't find such an option ? Can you please tell me the option ? Mahendra Raj, Coimbatore |
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