unable to change default font

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Hi,

I have the following problem with a newly installed Word 2003: When I want
to change the default font (using 'format, font, default'), Word saves the
change to the normal.dot file. But when I restart Word, I get the old default
font, and not the new one I selected (it is installed on the pc). Any
suggestions why this occurs?

cheers, John
 
Either Normal.dot is not being saved, or it is being regenerated fresh when
you start Word. Are you on a standalone machine or a corporate network?

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Do you happen to use Adobe 7.0? If so then their new add-in discards
changes you make to your Normal.dot. Try changing it again but hold
Shift, click the File menu and select "Save All" to explicitly save
your Normal.dot.

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Suzanne,

thenx for the reply. Your colleague Beth Melton gave me the solution (see
the following post). The problem was the Adobe 7 plug-in.

greetz from the Netherlands..

John
 
Beth,

Yep, it works! Many thenx for the solution!

greetz from the Netherlands!,

John
 
Beth,

Yes, I use Acrobat. I followed your suggestion, and now it works!

many thenx and greetz from the Netherlands!

John
 
Yep, we've had a rash of that lately, and I should have thought of it. Until
we started seeing this problem, I was unaware that there even was a new
version of Acrobat, so it's interesting to see how many users have already
(prematurely?) upgraded.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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