newbie question - change default font size

[Donna]

I'm new to FP2003. I want the font size default to be 2 (10pt). I do
Tools / Page Options / Font / size / 10. But in my tool bar it still shows
3 (12pt). Any new text I add is always 3, so I have to manually
highlight/format to size 2.

I have scoured FrontPage Help and other Front Page Help websites. Either
this can't be done, or, it is so simple, I can't see it.

Thanks for any and all advice.
Regards,
Donna

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The default font setting only applies to how you would see the font while you are designing your
pages, it will not effect the actual font that a user would see in a browser. You must specify font
for your text using the Font Dialog or using CSS.

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[Donna]

Thanks for the quick reply. Clarification. Using CSS would define what the
user would see. Is the Font Dialog the drop down box that I must manually
change all of the time? - Sorry, that sounded a bit frustrated. Seems
like if I can set the default font while designing in FP, I should be able
to set the default size as well.

Regards,

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Default Font setting has no font size.

Basically when you select default, no font tags or attributes are written to the page, this leave up
to the user browser to determine what font and size to display.

This is true of all versions of FP.

If you use CSS, then FP would also use CSS in design mode.

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[Guest]

the best way to keep defaults in my experiance is by using a CSS script, this can also script colours of scrollbars, hyperlink hover effects, table effects etc...