# Microsoft Word 2007 Default font

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-word-2007-default-font/645543>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-word-2007-default-font/645543 "2012-12-30T03:30:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-word-2007-default-font/645543/1 "2012-12-30T03:30:53Z")

</div>

Hello again…I’d just like to say that this site has been terrific in getting lots of little technical problems fixed. It’s truly mind-boggling the sheer number of inexplicable problems computers have. Let me put it this way…when a mechanic gets a car that’s pulling to the side, he doesn’t have to try ten different things to see what _might_ be the cause.

This is with Word 2007. The default is Calibiri 11 font, paragraph 10 pts. after and 1.5 spaces. I try to set the default to something different. I do _both_ things, save it with the lower-right arrow menu “Default” option and right-click on the Normal style and set it to that. Every time, when I open a new document, the change takes, but when I close Word, when I go back in, it’s back to Calibri 11 with the weird spacing.

Needless to say, this _never_ happened to me before.

Any advice?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Chickenwrangler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chickenwrangler/32/91_2.png) [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-word-2007-default-font/645543/2 "2012-12-30T04:42:35Z")

</div>

On the “Home” tab third row down under the fonts selections is “Font” box with tiny box on bottom right corner.

Click on the tiny box to get the Font selection menu. Select your font and style THEN click in default.

Works for me. 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-word-2007-default-font/645543/3 "2012-12-30T05:01:58Z")

</div>

Update Normal.dot

> **[Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us?correlationid=fb5b7d1c-512b-4975-a31c-268090d9b70c&ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us)**
>
> Microsoft support is here to help you with Microsoft products. Find how-to articles, videos, and training for Microsoft 365, Windows, Surface, and more.

ETA  
Better link for 2007

> **[Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us?correlationid=41c05216-5443-4f44-9e5a-a90c225d72e6&ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us)**
>
> Microsoft support is here to help you with Microsoft products. Find how-to articles, videos, and training for Microsoft 365, Windows, Surface, and more.