Times New Roman as Deafult?

[Guest]

Since Times New Roman at 12 pt is accepted as the standard font for academic
papers, and most documents in general, would it not be wise to change the
deafult font upon install from Calibri to Times? Although I do think Calibri
is nice, it's just not the modern "standard" (I use quotations becuase it is
still a personal preference) for fonts.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You may well find that the Microsoft standard will become the de facto
standard for academic papers, corporate documents, and everything else, if
only because most users won't know how to change it.

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Since Times New Roman at 12 pt is accepted as the standard font for academic
papers, and most documents in general, would it not be wise to change the
deafult font upon install from Calibri to Times? Although I do think Calibri
is nice, it's just not the modern "standard" (I use quotations becuase it is
still a personal preference) for fonts.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You may well find that the Microsoft standard will become the de facto
standard for academic papers, corporate documents, and everything else, if
only because most users won't know how to change it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Since Times New Roman at 12 pt is accepted as the standard font for academic
papers, and most documents in general, would it not be wise to change the
deafult font upon install from Calibri to Times? Although I do think Calibri
is nice, it's just not the modern "standard" (I use quotations becuase it is
still a personal preference) for fonts.

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[Guest]

I'm finding that the cleaner fonts: microsoft sans serif, for instance as
well as callibri are easier to read on a screen...and therefore may become
the standard...my students don't like Times New Roman but do like the others
mentioned.

 

[Guest]

I'm finding that the cleaner fonts: microsoft sans serif, for instance as
well as callibri are easier to read on a screen...and therefore may become
the standard...my students don't like Times New Roman but do like the others
mentioned.

 

[Beth Melton]

I agree with both points.

I've made some comparisons between the old defaults and new defaults.

Old: Times New Roman 12 pts, single line spacing, and typically there
is an empty paragraph to create space between paragraphs
New: Calibri 11 pts, 1.15 line spacing, and 10 pts of space between
paragraphs rather than empty paragraphs.

Using the new defaults actually takes up slightly less space on the
page and I find it easier to read even with the smaller font size.

I also tested this using the old defaults and 12 pts of space between
paragraphs and the new default still takes up less space.

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[Beth Melton]

I agree with both points.

I've made some comparisons between the old defaults and new defaults.

Old: Times New Roman 12 pts, single line spacing, and typically there
is an empty paragraph to create space between paragraphs
New: Calibri 11 pts, 1.15 line spacing, and 10 pts of space between
paragraphs rather than empty paragraphs.

Using the new defaults actually takes up slightly less space on the
page and I find it easier to read even with the smaller font size.

I also tested this using the old defaults and 12 pts of space between
paragraphs and the new default still takes up less space.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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[Guest]

I'm writing academic papers and am trying to get Times, 12 pt, and single
line spacing as the default. I've changed the Normal.dotm template, but
here's the weird thing: If I open a new Word document through the start menu
I get Times, 12 pt and single line spacing from my Normal template, BUT if I
open a new Word document by right clicking on my desktop, selecting New, and
selecting Microsoft Office Word Document then I get Calibri, 11pt and 1.15
line spacing. What do I have to change to get all my new Word documents to
look the same?