Re: Changing the font in WordPad

If you have Wordpad files associated with MS Word, that is a different
story. In that case, you can force what Font can be used when creating a
new document.

This is based on Word 2002 (Word XP), but it may be the same for Word 2000
and up.

1. Open MS Word
2. Click on menu command Format | Font
3. From the Font Tab, Change Font to what you want
4. Click on Default left bottom of page (maybe someplace else on the tab
page) ... you should get a prompt that states:

Do you want to change the default font (Default) NEW FONT YOU SELECTED?
This will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template.

5. Click on Yes
6. Close MS Word

You will be prompted:

Do you want to save changes to Document1

7. Click No ... you still have modified the Normal Template

Now whenever you create a new document, the default font is whatever you
selected.

You can also modify the Font for existing files when the style comes up as
Plain Text - Courier New.
"rustyfender04" <rustyfender04@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Learn something new every day. : -)

I don't suppose this would work as long as a person had Wordpad files
associated with MS Word?

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Regards


"Larry Gardner" <newscience83@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Found this on the web ... kind of kludgey ... put it works:

Start WordPad the Way You Want
Every time I start my WordPad program, it uses the default font setting
of point size 10 and I have to change it manually to the size I prefer.
How can I change the default font size, style, and other properties?

Sam Cimino, Merrillville, Indiana

The short answer is, you can't. But you can work around this limitation
fairly easily. Start WordPad, and if you have any boilerplate
information, such as a logo or a letterhead graphic, type or paste that
into a new document. Move the cursor to where you want to start typing
your text, and type a space. Select the space you just typed, and apply
the desired typeface, size, alignment, and other settings (see Figure 3).

Now choose File, Save As, select a location that is unlikely to be moved
or deleted, and give the file a name such as Template. Click Save. Now
choose File, Save As again, but this time right-click the file you just
saved in the dialog box, and select Properties. Check the Read-only box
and click OK. This will protect the file from accidental changes. Click
Cancel in the Save As dialog box.

Right-click the Start button and choose Open. Navigate to the shortcut
that you use to launch WordPad, right-click it, and choose Properties.
Select the Shortcut tab, click the Target box, and press End to make sure
the cursor is at the end of the command line. Type a space, followed by
the path to your template file. If the path contains any spaces or long
file names, enclose the entire path in quotation marks. If the program
(Wordpad.exe) is already enclosed in quotation marks, you'll end up with
two sets of quotation marks. For example, your final Target command line
might read "C:\Program Files\Accessories\wordpad.exe" "C:\My
Documents\Template.doc" (your path may differ). Then click OK.

The next time you launch WordPad, it should open your template with the
font you prefer. Because you made the file read-only, you won't have to
worry about overwriting the template. If you choose File, Save instead of
File, Save As, WordPad will still open the Save As dialog box, prompting
you to save the file with a new file name each time you start a new
document. You can extend this tip to create multiple WordPad shortcuts,
each opening a template for a different purpose.



"BobLondonKy" <no@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Can someone please tell me how to change the font in WordPad. I
already know how to change it when I am creating something. I'd like
to change it to Times New Roman as the startup font. Right now when
it starts it uses Arial 10 Western. I'd like it to start with Times
New Roman. Is this possible? How can I do it?

Thanks for any and all responses.

Bob,
London, Kentucky






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