Choose All Documents Based on the Normal.dotm Template.įrom this point forward, all new, blank documents you create (use Ctrl+N) feature the updated Normal style with the typeface and size you selected (Step 2). It’s better just to use the Set As Default button.Īfter clicking the button, you see a warning prompt.Ĥ. Sure, you could edit that template directly, but doing so is a pain. The Set As Default button is the key to resetting the Normal style in the Normal template. If you want Arial for the font and 12 points for the size, choose those items. Choose the typeface and size you want for all your documents.įor example, if you want Times New Roman at 12 points, set that font and size. Press Ctrl+D to bring up the Font dialog box.Ģ. If you want to reset the Normal template to use that font for all your documents, then follow these steps:ġ. The point size is set to 11.īack in the day, the Normal style typeface was Times New Roman, which many people prefer over the dull Calibri. In Word 2016, the Normal style typeface is set to Calibri, which is Microsoft’s fancy-yet-sans-serif font. When you start a new document with the Normal template, the Normal style is applied to the new document’s only paragraph. The Normal style is the body style, which is preset for all text written in Word. In fact, all templates use Normal as their base document, so there’s a little piece of Normal in everything Word does.
The Normal template is the one that Word uses when you start a new document and don’t select a specific template.
The “default font” is actually the font set in the Normal style for the Normal template. I get this question often and it surprises me that I’ve not written a blog post about it: How do you change the default font in Word?
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