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feelgood · 08-31-2006, 07:45 AM

Is there a way to change the default font for Word 2003? I want to use Tahoma instead of Times New Roman.

Jinn · 08-31-2006, 07:54 AM

Normal.dot is the template from which Word gets all of the default formatting when you create a new document.

Open it from within Word -- it's at C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates.

Open it, select the white space (CTRL-A), set the font to Tahoma, and save.

Daniel_ · 08-31-2006, 09:16 AM

That doens't change the default fully, it will re-set to Times in certain circumstances.

Open nrmal.dot as described, and then in the format menu, edit the style "normal" to be Tahoma - include whatever you want your default line spacing and paragraph leading to be also, and then save normal.dot again.

That should make it work more reliably.

feelgood · 08-31-2006, 09:21 AM

Awesome, thanks guys!

Ustwo · 08-31-2006, 11:05 AM

If only Dan Rather knew how to do that...

(couldn't resist)

Daniel_ · 08-31-2006, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ustwo

If only Dan Rather knew how to do that...

(couldn't resist)

Don't understand...

magictoy · 09-03-2006, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel_

Don't understand...

Dan Rather thought he had some documents that incriminated President Bush. It turned out the documents were in a font that didn't exist at the time they were supposedly created (i.e. they weren't authentic). It contributed to Dan's getting the boot from his anchor job at CBS.

Stop by Tilted Politics sometime.

08-31-2006, 07:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Default Font in Word Is there a way to change the default font for Word 2003? I want to use Tahoma instead of Times New Roman. __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

08-31-2006, 07:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Normal.dot is the template from which Word gets all of the default formatting when you create a new document. Open it from within Word -- it's at C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates. Open it, select the white space (CTRL-A), set the font to Tahoma, and save. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

08-31-2006, 09:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	That doens't change the default fully, it will re-set to Times in certain circumstances. Open nrmal.dot as described, and then in the format menu, edit the style "normal" to be Tahoma - include whatever you want your default line spacing and paragraph leading to be also, and then save normal.dot again. That should make it work more reliably. __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

08-31-2006, 09:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Awesome, thanks guys! __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

08-31-2006, 11:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	If only Dan Rather knew how to do that... (couldn't resist) __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.