I tried to change the settings by opening the Font Dialog box, changing the
font size, and then clicking Default button. I got a dialog box that said
"You are about to change the default font to (Default) Candara, 11 pt.
Do you want this change to affect all new documents based on the NORMAL
template?"
I would click on the Yes button, but it wouldn't make the change to the font
size, only to the font itself.
I did what you said using Manage Styles, and it worked. But it shouldn't
have to be so complicated. I kinda know what I'm doing, but I still haven't
had much luck yet learning how to use Styles. How is the average Joe or Jane
supposed to know how to do this? I'm guessing that they just don't even mess
with it, and use the defaults provided by Word.
Anyway, thanks for the help, I appreciate it a lot. I am curious why they
way I did it originally didn't work, though. That's the way it worked on
Word 2003. And it looked like it should have worked on Word 2007 too.
"Stefan Blom" wrote:
You haven't explained how you tried to change the settings. The following
procedure should work, though: Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to display the Styles
pane. Click the Manage Styles button. On the Set Defaults tab, specify the
desired settings. Choose the "New documents based on this template" option,
and click OK. If/when you are prompted to save the Normal template, choose
to do so.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"rick d" rick wrote in message
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We just upgraded to Word 2007 at work, and I'm trying to set up my
defaults.
I can change my default font without any problem, but I can't change the
size. No matter what I try, big or small, the default always reverts to a
font size of 12. Any ideas? Thanks.