I recently had a friend message me asking how to change the default font, and I had to explain it to her quickly. Wouldn’t it be nice if all I had to do was link her to a post on my website showing her detailed descriptions and images, which would in turn save me time, and make the process easier and clearer for her?
This *should* work for all versions of Microsoft Word from 2002 onward.
The format menu on Microsoft Word 2008
On the menu bar, you can choose the menu ‘Format’, and then choose ‘Font’.
From here, you’ll have a dialog window open with all the font related options. Color, style, size and such. You make all the changes you want, and then choose the default button in the bottom left corner of the screen, and you’ll get a pop up saying “Do you want to change the default font to (Default) Verdana 16pt etc …. This change will affect all new documents…” Choose yes, restart Microsoft Word, and you’ll notice that all new blank documents will have the font properties you previously specified.
The font dialog window, with 'default' choice in the bottom left, and the pop up you'll receive on the bottom centre of the image.
