Why won't my AutoShape defaults apply to new shapes?

[Theabea]

I am following the directions to set a new Autoshape with yellow fill, black
line, 4" wide, and wrapped text. But when I create a new shape (the square on
the drawing toolbar) the yellow fill and and black line apply but the width
and text wrap do not.

In other words my new shape is standard 1" x 1" with with no text wrap.

 

[John Wilson]

AFAIK there's no way to set a new default size (except maybe with an AddIn)
In 2007 the word wrap default can be set but not in earlier versions.