How do I change the default line thickness in Word, please?

I do lots of drawings in Word, and nearly always need 1pt, but the default
is 1/2pt. I would like to permanently change this to 1pt. Thank you.

Draw a line. Change it to half-point. Right-click and select 'Set autoshape
defaults'.



"Big Al" Big Al @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
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How do I change the default line thickness in Word, please?

I do lots of drawings in Word, and nearly always need 1pt, but the default
is 1/2pt. I would like to permanently change this to 1pt. Thank you.

This will change it for the current document. To change it for all new
documents, this procedure must be followed in Normal.dot.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jezebel" wrote in message
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Draw a line. Change it to half-point. Right-click and select 'Set
autoshape
defaults'.



"Big Al" Big Al @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
How do I change the default line thickness in Word, please?

I do lots of drawings in Word, and nearly always need 1pt, but the
default
is 1/2pt. I would like to permanently change this to 1pt. Thank you.

Problem solved and thanks for your time. I have experimented with this and
found it also works for line colour, fill colour, speech bubble
thickness/text width etc. Brilliant!!!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This will change it for the current document. To change it for all new
documents, this procedure must be followed in Normal.dot.

--
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.

"Jezebel" wrote in message
...
Draw a line. Change it to half-point. Right-click and select 'Set
autoshape
defaults'.



"Big Al" Big Al @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
How do I change the default line thickness in Word, please?

I do lots of drawings in Word, and nearly always need 1pt, but the
default
is 1/2pt. I would like to permanently change this to 1pt. Thank you.