Dawn Shears

Community members and friends often contact me with their general computer questions.   I’m sure that every web professional has this happen…neighbors who call when their email isn’t working, friends who call when their computer dies, clients who email with word processing questions…  I thought about charging for questions…but generally, I prefer to spread goodwill (and good Karma) and help out those who are less fortunate, so-to-speak.

I decided to start posting the most popular questions and answers to my blog, though.  Here is the first in my series:

How to change the default font in Microsoft Word

 Change the font style, size and color that shows up in every new MS Word document you create.  (This works for Word for Macs, too.)

1.  In the drop down bar choose “format” and then “font.”
2.  Select the font and size you want and then there should be a button at the bottom, left of the font window that says “default” (see example, below.)
3.  Click the “default” button.

Default button: bottom, left of the screen.

You don’t have to save the document but every new doc you open will magically use the new font for paragraph text.