{"id":165473,"date":"2021-04-21T12:33:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T10:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=165473"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:08:34","slug":"how-to-change-default-font-on-microsoft-word-in-3-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-change-default-font-on-microsoft-word-in-3-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Default Font on Microsoft Word in 3 Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Microsoft Word<\/a> is part of the Office <\/a>suite that lets you create various document types, such as reports, menus<\/a>, and tickets<\/a>. In order to make them look elegant, you may want to play around with the selection of fonts available. If you\u2019re like us, you can change the default font on Microsoft Word to one that you\u2019re planning to use more often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Change Default Font on Microsoft Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can change the default font on Windows and Mac, as the feature is available for both platforms. While we\u2019ll show you the method on Windows, the process is the same for Mac devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Access the Font Launcher<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When you select the Home tab on the main menu, you\u2019ll see a Font Dialogue Launcher on the left side. There\u2019s a small square icon that will let you access all the font settings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2: Select font type and size<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019re in the Font Launcher, you can change the settings for the way you want the default font to look. Fiddle with the type, size, style, and effects until you achieve the desired effect. You can also see view the result in the preview pane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3: Set as default<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the bottom left of the MS Word Font Launcher, you\u2019ll see a \u2018Default\u2019 button. Selecting this will let you establish your settings as the default font on Microsoft Word. Whenever you open a new document, you\u2019ll see that your settings have been changed and you won\u2019t need to alter your font to the preferred one again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saving the world, one font setting at a time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve changed the default font on Microsoft Word, you\u2019re going to save the time and frustration of doing so whenever you start a new document. It\u2019s essential for when you need to create batch menus or tickets within a few days, eliminating the need to alter the font every time. Of course, if you work in different styles and sizes for different occasions, you\u2019re on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft Word is part of the Office suite that lets you create various document types, such as reports, menus, and tickets. In order to make them look elegant, you may want to play around with the selection of fonts available. If you\u2019re like us, you can change the default font on Microsoft Word to one … Continue reading “How to Change Default Font on Microsoft Word in 3 Easy Steps”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":173549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[2441],"tags":[3221],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-165473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionmicrosoft-word"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324896,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165473\/revisions\/324896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165473"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=165473"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=165473"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=165473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}