How To Change Default Font In Ms Word

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Microsoft Word (Win) - Setting the Default Font, Font Size, and Margins

This document details how to change the default font, font size, and page margins in Give-and-take.

Open a new certificate of the template yous would like to update the default settings for. In most cases, this volition exist Blank document.

Select the expand icon underneath Habitation > Font as shown below.
Modify the font settings as desired, and so select Prepare Equally Default as shown below.
Confirm the changes for all documents of this type past selecting All documents based on the Normal template and then selecting Aye.
For more advanced settings, such as character spacing, select Advanced and follow the same process to Set As Default.
To alter the default margins, select the aggrandize button underneath Layout > Page Setup and change the settings as desired.
Confirm the changes by selecting Yep when prompted to set as the default for all documents of this type.

Open up a new document, click on the Home tab, click on the Font dialog box button equally shown in the screenshot below, and select the Font tab.
Choose the font settings that you would like to make the default and click Set As Default
Select All documents based on the Normal.dotm template? and click OK to update the default for all new documents.
To change Discussion's default folio margins, click on the Folio Layout tab and click on the Folio Setup dialog box push as shown in the screenshot beneath.
Set up the new margins that you would similar to brand the default and click Set As Default
Click Yes to apply the new margins to all new documents.

Open up a new document, click on the Home tab, click on the Font Dialog Box Launcher (equally shown in the screenshot below) and select the Font tab.
Select a new font and size in the Font dialog box, and and then click Default.

Word will inquire you if you want these changes to apply to all new documents using the "Normal template" (normal.dot).
Click Yes to brand the changes permanent. The modify will use to Word'due south Normal/default style and to all styles based on Normal.
To modify Word'southward default page margins, click the Page Setup Dialog Box launcher as shown in the screenshot below.
The first tab should be Margins. Make your changes to the margins here, and so click Default.
Click Yes when Word asks yous to confirm the changes. This alarm will await exactly like the one shown in a higher place.
Note:Yous tin can as well change other settings affecting page layout (including paper orientation and line numbering) in the aforementioned dialog box.

Open up a new certificate and select Format > Font.
Select a new font and size in the Font dialog box, so click Default. Discussion volition ask you if you want these changes to apply to all new documents using the "Normal template" (normal.dot).
Click Yeah to make the changes permanent. The change will utilise to Word's Normal/default style and to all styles based on Normal.
To change Give-and-take'south default folio margins, select File > Page Setup. The first tab should be Margins, make your changes to the margins here, and then click Default.
Click Yes when Word asks yous to confirm the changes. This warning will look exactly similar the i shown above.
Notation: You tin can likewise change other settings affecting page layout (including paper orientation and line numbering) in the same dialog box.

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