b1y1m39@bagate.BELL-ATL.COM (Bob Esposito) (10/10/90)
I just got MSWord 4.0 and I can't seem to find out how to set a default font for new documents. I've tried every combination from the Commands.. menu but it doesn't work. I still get the New York style font when I start a new document. Can anyone help?? -- ====================================================================== Bob Esposito Voice: (215) 466-6831 Bell Atlantic Corp. FAX: (215) 466-2593 Philadelphia, Pa. E-mail: espo@BELL-ATL.COM
ho@hoss.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) (10/10/90)
On a related note, our MS Word 4.0 always starts up in "Show Codes" mode,
where all the spaces are dots and all the paragraphs end with (what else?)
paragraph markers.
This confuses some of the people here. I've tried turning it off, then
doing "Edit... Preferences... OK", but that doesn't seem to save it. Any
ideas?
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Internet: ho@hoss.unl.edu | "Mine... is the last voice that you will ever hear."dana@are.berkeley.edu ([Dana E. Keil) (10/10/90)
ho@hoss.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) writes: > our MS Word 4.0 always starts up in "Show Codes" mode, >This confuses some of the people here. I've tried turning it off, then >doing "Edit... Preferences... OK", but that doesn't seem to save it. The show paragraphs being on or off should be stored in the file found in the system folder called "Word Settings (4)". If you choose "hide paragraphs" (command-Y) and then quit from Word, the next time you start up the paragraph markers etc. should still be hidden. It sounds like the settings file is not being saved for some reason; maybe you should check that people are quitting from Word rather than simply turning the machine off when done word processing. I've found that some users, particularly those who have come from DOS, don't know about the importance of choosing "quit" and "shutdown" when they finish working.
bdeskin@cognos.UUCP (Bob Deskin) (10/10/90)
In article <1990Oct10.115655.8907@bagate.BELL-ATL.COM> b1y1m39@bagate.BELL-ATL.COM (Bob Esposito) writes: > > I just got MSWord 4.0 and I can't seem to find out how to > set a default font for new documents. I've tried every combination > from the Commands.. menu but it doesn't work. I still get the > New York style font when I start a new document. > > Can anyone help?? Change the Normal style using the Define Styles command. Include whatever you want and click on Set Default. This is mentioned near the bottom of page 45 in the User's Guide/Reference manual. -- Bob Deskin Cognos Incorporated (613) 738-1338 ext 5003 P.O. Box 9707, 3755 Riverside Drive FAX (613) 738-0002 Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1G 3Z4 UUCP: bdeskin@cognos.UUCP uunet!mitel!cunews!cognos!bdeskin
boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) (10/11/90)
b1y1m39@bagate.BELL-ATL.COM (Bob Esposito) writes: > I just got MSWord 4.0 and I can't seem to find out how to > set a default font for new documents. I've tried every combination > from the Commands.. menu but it doesn't work. I still get the > New York style font when I start a new document. The Commands... dialog has nothing to do with the default font. What you need to do is edit the Normal style. Select "Define Styles" (cmd-T) from the Format menu; click on Normal; select the font and font attributes you want; click on Set Default; say OK to the confirmation dialog. Boris Levitin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WGBH Public Broadcasting, Boston boris@world.std.com Audience & Marketing Research wgbx!boris_levitin@athena.mit.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily coincide with those of my employer or anyone else. The WGBH tag is for ID only.)
geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) (10/12/90)
b1y1m39@bagate.BELL-ATL.COM (Bob Esposito) asks how to change the default font in Microsoft Word, and boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) answers: >The Commands... dialog has nothing to do with the default font. What you >need to do is edit the Normal style. Select "Define Styles" (cmd-T) from the >Format menu; click on Normal; select the font and font attributes you want; >click on Set Default; say OK to the confirmation dialog. Yes, indeed. That's why we all love Word so much. It's so *intuitive*! ;^) -- Geoff Allen \ Computers are useless. uunet!pmafire!geoff \ They can only give you answers. bigtex!pmafire!geoff \ -- Pablo Picasso