unable to change default font

[JCS]

When i change the default font in Word 2007 it keeps reverting back to the
orginal font. I have acrobat 8 as well!! I see from previous replies to
other people it seems to be something to do with this but no-one has it for
2007.

thanks

 

[Graham Mayor]

Open normal.dotm, make your changes and save it again. You will probably
need to add a character to the text space and delete it for Word to see the
change and allow a save.

Ab inability of Word to save its normal template is usually a problem
related to add-ins, however it is Acrobat 7 that is the usual problem, not
Acrobat 8 (however ensure that you have applied all the updates to Acrobat
8). Acrobat is not the only add-in that may cause problems. What else do you
have loading?

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[JCS]

Hi Graham

Many thanks, that seems to have done it.

 

[Ted Rumme]

Open normal.dotm, make your changes and save it again. You will probably
need to add a character to the text space and delete it for Word to see the
change and allow a save.

Ab inability of Word to save its normal template is usually a problem
related to add-ins, however it is Acrobat 7 that is the usual problem, not
Acrobat 8 (however ensure that you have applied all the updates to Acrobat
8). Acrobat is not the only add-in that may cause problems. What else do you
have loading?

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[Ted Rumme]

I have come back again and again to try to customize my Normal.dotm for Word
2007. I think I have tried everything. Several times. Including deleting ALL
Normal.* wherever on my machine, and starting anew. When I change from that
ugly Calibri font and increase the font to12 points and save the template
with the new font, I FAIL every time! It's Calibri , 11 pts in the next new
document. I am led to query, why can't MS publish a simple way to customize?
Is it cosmology there, or what? Che frustrato!

Anyone have a solution, by the numbers? Gracie.

 

[Graham Mayor]

The style at the cursor is highlighted in the Styles group of the Home tab
Right click the highlighted style (probably Normal) and select Modify
Change the font to whatever you require and check the button at the bottom
of the dialog for 'New Documents based on this template'.
Ensure that in Word Options > Advanced > Save you have checked the 'prompt
before saving the normal template' check box.
When you close Word you will be prompted to save the changes. Do so.

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