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How to change default view in Word to my preferred font settings?
I have recently been involved in preparing several documents using Track
Changes, zapping documents back and forth via Outlook till we were satisfied with the results. All of a sudden, my standard default settings on Word changed so that instead of having Ariel font 10 as my normal font, I now have a drop down menu showing Normal + Courier, Heading 1, 2, 3 etc and font 12. When I type anything and amend its size etc, this appears as a new option on this drop down menu. I guess this must be something to do with me using Track Changes and maybe Windows XP, trying to be 'helpful' has amended my settings. I don't want it like this! I want to set up my Word settings so that I can have my old view back, with a choice of Font types available in the menu bar rather than via format/font, with Ariel as the default setting, and can change my font size myself instead of having the computer tell me what I can and can't do! I just can't see anywhere in the Windows help pages how to get rid of this annoying feature. Please advise. |
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How to change default view in Word to my preferred font settings?
Difficult to understand what your problem is from this description, but my
guess is that you have acquired a check mark in tools options edit keep track of formatting. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gill wrote: I have recently been involved in preparing several documents using Track Changes, zapping documents back and forth via Outlook till we were satisfied with the results. All of a sudden, my standard default settings on Word changed so that instead of having Ariel font 10 as my normal font, I now have a drop down menu showing Normal + Courier, Heading 1, 2, 3 etc and font 12. When I type anything and amend its size etc, this appears as a new option on this drop down menu. I guess this must be something to do with me using Track Changes and maybe Windows XP, trying to be 'helpful' has amended my settings. I don't want it like this! I want to set up my Word settings so that I can have my old view back, with a choice of Font types available in the menu bar rather than via format/font, with Ariel as the default setting, and can change my font size myself instead of having the computer tell me what I can and can't do! I just can't see anywhere in the Windows help pages how to get rid of this annoying feature. Please advise. |
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How to change default view in Word to my preferred font settings?
Do you have a default printer installed?
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Gill" wrote in message ... I have recently been involved in preparing several documents using Track Changes, zapping documents back and forth via Outlook till we were satisfied with the results. All of a sudden, my standard default settings on Word changed so that instead of having Ariel font 10 as my normal font, I now have a drop down menu showing Normal + Courier, Heading 1, 2, 3 etc and font 12. When I type anything and amend its size etc, this appears as a new option on this drop down menu. I guess this must be something to do with me using Track Changes and maybe Windows XP, trying to be 'helpful' has amended my settings. I don't want it like this! I want to set up my Word settings so that I can have my old view back, with a choice of Font types available in the menu bar rather than via format/font, with Ariel as the default setting, and can change my font size myself instead of having the computer tell me what I can and can't do! I just can't see anywhere in the Windows help pages how to get rid of this annoying feature. Please advise. |
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How to change default view in Word to my preferred font settin
In answer to Stefan, yes. See above to answer to Graham's suggestion.
"Stefan Blom" wrote: Do you have a default printer installed? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Gill" wrote in message ... I have recently been involved in preparing several documents using Track Changes, zapping documents back and forth via Outlook till we were satisfied with the results. All of a sudden, my standard default settings on Word changed so that instead of having Ariel font 10 as my normal font, I now have a drop down menu showing Normal + Courier, Heading 1, 2, 3 etc and font 12. When I type anything and amend its size etc, this appears as a new option on this drop down menu. I guess this must be something to do with me using Track Changes and maybe Windows XP, trying to be 'helpful' has amended my settings. I don't want it like this! I want to set up my Word settings so that I can have my old view back, with a choice of Font types available in the menu bar rather than via format/font, with Ariel as the default setting, and can change my font size myself instead of having the computer tell me what I can and can't do! I just can't see anywhere in the Windows help pages how to get rid of this annoying feature. Please advise. |
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How to change default view in Word to my preferred font settin
well, Graham, thanks very much for your input and you are right, I did have a
check mark against that setting, but it hasn't solved the problem. Basically, for normal, everyday use (rather than editing documents using track changes), in my Formatting Toolbar, I now have what I have just found out is a Style and Formatting Task Pane - which is where these annoying 'I know better than you do' options appear. I don't want to use it, I just want to use the standard formatting tools - i.e. a nice little drop down box with the different fonts in it from which I can choose, rather than a box which simply shows 'normal', heading 1, heading 2 etc. Apart from anything else, : a. I use different fonts depending on the type of document I am typing, so there is no such thing as 'normal'; b. the default settings in the S & F TP is not the one I want to use and I can't for the life of me figure out how to change this and c. I like to take control of my own formatting, not have the PC do it for me. Thanks in anticipation! "Graham Mayor" wrote: Difficult to understand what your problem is from this description, but my guess is that you have acquired a check mark in tools options edit keep track of formatting. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gill wrote: I have recently been involved in preparing several documents using Track Changes, zapping documents back and forth via Outlook till we were satisfied with the results. All of a sudden, my standard default settings on Word changed so that instead of having Ariel font 10 as my normal font, I now have a drop down menu showing Normal + Courier, Heading 1, 2, 3 etc and font 12. When I type anything and amend its size etc, this appears as a new option on this drop down menu. I guess this must be something to do with me using Track Changes and maybe Windows XP, trying to be 'helpful' has amended my settings. I don't want it like this! I want to set up my Word settings so that I can have my old view back, with a choice of Font types available in the menu bar rather than via format/font, with Ariel as the default setting, and can change my font size myself instead of having the computer tell me what I can and can't do! I just can't see anywhere in the Windows help pages how to get rid of this annoying feature. Please advise. |
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How to change default view in Word to my preferred font settin
Are you saying that the Font box is missing from your Formatting
toolbar? In Tools | Customize (Toolbars tab), try to Reset the toolbar. If that doesn't work, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm. If you are not familiar with templates and styles, you may also want to take a look at the following articles: Creating a Template – The Basics (Part I) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm Tips for understanding Microsoft Word styles http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html Why use Microsoft Word's built-in heading styles? http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Gill" wrote in message ... well, Graham, thanks very much for your input and you are right, I did have a check mark against that setting, but it hasn't solved the problem. Basically, for normal, everyday use (rather than editing documents using track changes), in my Formatting Toolbar, I now have what I have just found out is a Style and Formatting Task Pane - which is where these annoying 'I know better than you do' options appear. I don't want to use it, I just want to use the standard formatting tools - i.e. a nice little drop down box with the different fonts in it from which I can choose, rather than a box which simply shows 'normal', heading 1, heading 2 etc. Apart from anything else, : a. I use different fonts depending on the type of document I am typing, so there is no such thing as 'normal'; b. the default settings in the S & F TP is not the one I want to use and I can't for the life of me figure out how to change this and c. I like to take control of my own formatting, not have the PC do it for me. Thanks in anticipation! "Graham Mayor" wrote: Difficult to understand what your problem is from this description, but my guess is that you have acquired a check mark in tools options edit keep track of formatting. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gill wrote: I have recently been involved in preparing several documents using Track Changes, zapping documents back and forth via Outlook till we were satisfied with the results. All of a sudden, my standard default settings on Word changed so that instead of having Ariel font 10 as my normal font, I now have a drop down menu showing Normal + Courier, Heading 1, 2, 3 etc and font 12. When I type anything and amend its size etc, this appears as a new option on this drop down menu. I guess this must be something to do with me using Track Changes and maybe Windows XP, trying to be 'helpful' has amended my settings. I don't want it like this! I want to set up my Word settings so that I can have my old view back, with a choice of Font types available in the menu bar rather than via format/font, with Ariel as the default setting, and can change my font size myself instead of having the computer tell me what I can and can't do! I just can't see anywhere in the Windows help pages how to get rid of this annoying feature. Please advise. |
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How to change default view in Word to my preferred font settin
I'm still not 100% certain what you are asking here. Word is a style based
application. *All* text in the document will be formatted with a style - by default the 'normal' style. You cannot avoid styles and you would do well to learn how to take advantage of them. You can apply manual formatting to text (if you must) but this makes re-editing documents complicated. To this end there are several tools on the formatting toolbar, including the 'font' picking tool, which is what you may be trying to describe as missing. From tools customize options put check marks in 'Show standard and formatting toolbars on two rows' and 'Always show full menus' which will give you enough real estate on screen to display the toolbars in full. You don't even have to use the formatting task pane. Replace that toolbar command with the older FormatStyle command from the all commands set (Tools customize commands). If you don't want Word to second guess your formatting requirements - uncheck just about everything in tools autocorrect options autoformat as you type - especially the 'Define styles based on your formatting'. Finally in the format style dialog, ensure that 'automatically update' is not checked. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gill wrote: well, Graham, thanks very much for your input and you are right, I did have a check mark against that setting, but it hasn't solved the problem. Basically, for normal, everyday use (rather than editing documents using track changes), in my Formatting Toolbar, I now have what I have just found out is a Style and Formatting Task Pane - which is where these annoying 'I know better than you do' options appear. I don't want to use it, I just want to use the standard formatting tools - i.e. a nice little drop down box with the different fonts in it from which I can choose, rather than a box which simply shows 'normal', heading 1, heading 2 etc. Apart from anything else, : a. I use different fonts depending on the type of document I am typing, so there is no such thing as 'normal'; b. the default settings in the S & F TP is not the one I want to use and I can't for the life of me figure out how to change this and c. I like to take control of my own formatting, not have the PC do it for me. Thanks in anticipation! "Graham Mayor" wrote: Difficult to understand what your problem is from this description, but my guess is that you have acquired a check mark in tools options edit keep track of formatting. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gill wrote: I have recently been involved in preparing several documents using Track Changes, zapping documents back and forth via Outlook till we were satisfied with the results. All of a sudden, my standard default settings on Word changed so that instead of having Ariel font 10 as my normal font, I now have a drop down menu showing Normal + Courier, Heading 1, 2, 3 etc and font 12. When I type anything and amend its size etc, this appears as a new option on this drop down menu. I guess this must be something to do with me using Track Changes and maybe Windows XP, trying to be 'helpful' has amended my settings. I don't want it like this! I want to set up my Word settings so that I can have my old view back, with a choice of Font types available in the menu bar rather than via format/font, with Ariel as the default setting, and can change my font size myself instead of having the computer tell me what I can and can't do! I just can't see anywhere in the Windows help pages how to get rid of this annoying feature. Please advise. |
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well, it just goes to show, you should always check the obvious first, before
getting too complicated. I have been struggling with this for some time now and have just sent a screen dump of my Word screen to a pal - who immediately suggested I drag the formatting bar on to the line below - when miraculously the missing 'font' box appeared. Doh. I hadn't thought of that.......... To be fair, Stefan's suggestion that it might be the 'font' box that was missing put me on the right track, so many thanks for all your help. Glad I didn't go interfering with too many settings first though! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Are you saying that the Font box is missing from your Formatting toolbar? In Tools | Customize (Toolbars tab), try to Reset the toolbar. If that doesn't work, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm. If you are not familiar with templates and styles, you may also want to take a look at the following articles: Creating a Template €“ The Basics (Part I) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm Tips for understanding Microsoft Word styles http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html Why use Microsoft Word's built-in heading styles? http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Gill" wrote in message ... well, Graham, thanks very much for your input and you are right, I did have a check mark against that setting, but it hasn't solved the problem. Basically, for normal, everyday use (rather than editing documents using track changes), in my Formatting Toolbar, I now have what I have just found out is a Style and Formatting Task Pane - which is where these annoying 'I know better than you do' options appear. I don't want to use it, I just want to use the standard formatting tools - i.e. a nice little drop down box with the different fonts in it from which I can choose, rather than a box which simply shows 'normal', heading 1, heading 2 etc. Apart from anything else, : a. I use different fonts depending on the type of document I am typing, so there is no such thing as 'normal'; b. the default settings in the S & F TP is not the one I want to use and I can't for the life of me figure out how to change this and c. I like to take control of my own formatting, not have the PC do it for me. Thanks in anticipation! "Graham Mayor" wrote: Difficult to understand what your problem is from this description, but my guess is that you have acquired a check mark in tools options edit keep track of formatting. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gill wrote: I have recently been involved in preparing several documents using Track Changes, zapping documents back and forth via Outlook till we were satisfied with the results. All of a sudden, my standard default settings on Word changed so that instead of having Ariel font 10 as my normal font, I now have a drop down menu showing Normal + Courier, Heading 1, 2, 3 etc and font 12. When I type anything and amend its size etc, this appears as a new option on this drop down menu. I guess this must be something to do with me using Track Changes and maybe Windows XP, trying to be 'helpful' has amended my settings. I don't want it like this! I want to set up my Word settings so that I can have my old view back, with a choice of Font types available in the menu bar rather than via format/font, with Ariel as the default setting, and can change my font size myself instead of having the computer tell me what I can and can't do! I just can't see anywhere in the Windows help pages how to get rid of this annoying feature. Please advise. |
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