Change the default font in Microsoft Word 2007
By Jin Nan Goto
The new Ribbon interface and the new Office filetypes are the most notable changes that Microsoft Office 2007 brought, but one minor change was a new default font. In Microsoft Word 2007 11 point Calibri is the new default font as opposed to 12 point Times New Roman which was the previous default fonts. Here is how you can change the default font back to Times New Roman or to whatever font that you like.
There are several reasons why you would want to change the default fonts other than nostalgia. You may have older computers still running older versions of Office and you would like to have the fonts consistent on them. You may want to choose a smaller font to save paper when printing, or if you print a lot of documents you can choose a font that is really easy to read.
Here’s how to do it
- On the Home tab, click on the “Expand Styles” icon in the lower right of the styles menu.
- Click on the “Manage Styles” button at the bottom of the menu that expands. (see figure below)
- Next you need to select the “Set Defaults” tab.
- Choose the new font, font size, and any other options (like font color)
- At the bottom of this menu there two radio buttons that you can choose from. If you select “Only on this document” the new font will only apply to the current document. If you choose “New documents based on this template” the new font will apply to all new documents.
