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Change the default font in Office 2007

Posted on the November 12th, 2008 under MS Office by admin

I’ve been using Microsoft Office 2007 for a few months now and I’ve come to hate the default font used among the different products. They use Calibri size 11 (so bad I won’t show you what it looks like) which wasn’t even a default font in Office 2003. So let’s change it quick.

Change the default Office 2007 font for Word

1. In Microsoft Word make sure you you have the Home tab selected at the top of Word
2. In the Styles section of the menu right click in left most text box and then click Modify. See the image below.



3. You’ll get the Modify Style dialogue box appear. See the image below.



4. Scroll through Font stypes and various styling.
5. At the bottom of the image below you’ll see two radio buttons. If you want to permanently change the default font in Word then choose the “New documents based on this template” button.
6. Click OK to confirm.

Now you no longer have to format your Word 2007 font document each time.

Change the default Office 2007 font for Outlook

It’s easy in Word 2007… but in Outlook 2007 it is a little more long winded. Here’s how…

1. In Outlook 2007 click Tools then Options.
2. Select the Mail Format tab highlighted in RED at the top of the image below.
3. Click the Stationery and Fonts button again highlighted in RED in the image below.



4. A dialogue box will appear that will let you change your default font in Office Outlook

Select your favourite font, style, size, colour, and effects… and then click OK to confirm.