Wordpad font

[Guest]

I use windows xp sp2. The wordpad program defaults to arial font for every
new document. Instead of having to change each document to my desired font
type - times new roman - can I change a setting somewhere that will cause the
program to automatically use times new roman upon execution.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Start WordPad the Way You Want
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,52364,pg,3,00.asp

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[Guest]

Start WordPad the Way You Want
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,52364,pg,3,00.asp

Thanks Wes, that answered the question. I had seen a Korean student use the
word pad program and appear to default to Gulim (a Korean font) which made me
wonder how she did it. So in spite of the fact that it can't be done within
the program, I knew there had to be a work around.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You're welcome, Ray. Keep having fun.

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[Guest]

This solution is fine if you're composing a new document, but I work with
huge lists of xml files which I need to open, make a small edit, and save.
There ought to be a way to simply make wordpad use a different font all the
time.
I've never had to do "secretarial" work on Windows, so I want to believe I
just haven't asked the right question to the right person.
Basically, aren't there preferences/properties settings for default font in
wordpad?
Or a better version of wordpad which will not change the creator of the
document - these must remain in plaintext for the other processes to happen
to these files.
I could lose this job - or my eyesight - if this isn't resolved.
(Please) - Thanks for the help.

 

[Tim Slattery]

This solution is fine if you're composing a new document, but I work with
huge lists of xml files which I need to open, make a small edit, and save.
There ought to be a way to simply make wordpad use a different font all the
time.
I've never had to do "secretarial" work on Windows, so I want to believe I
just haven't asked the right question to the right person.
Basically, aren't there preferences/properties settings for default font in
wordpad?

No there isn't. Wordpad is a very simpleminded program. If you need a
fuller featured word processor (and it sounds like you do) you can go
to your retailer and buy MS Word. Or you can go to
http://www.openoffice.org and download Open Office (or just their word
processor). That's a free, open source, quite full-featured office
suite. It may very well fill your needs.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Microsoft® Office Word 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/products/i...ge&catid=fab9617a-57ff-4789-9397-6dac071b19b0

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