PUB: How to Change the Default Font for Text Frames

Q124992

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Publisher for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a
 - Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0
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SUMMARY
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If you want to change the default font in Publisher, you will have to first
create a template named Normal.pub that includes the custom changes.

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Publisher looks for a file named Normal.pub each time you create a new
publication using Start From Scratch (version 2.0) or Blank Page (version
3.0). If Normal.pub exists, its default settings are applied to the new
publication.

There is no Normal.pub file in the default Publisher installation. However,
when you create and save this file using the following procedure,
Normal.pub is placed in the Template directory.

To modify the default font, follow these steps:

1. Create a new publication from scratch.

2. Click the Text Frame tool button, but do not draw a text frame.

3. Select the desired font, font size, and styles.

4. Click the Selection tool button.

5. On the File menu, click Save As.

6. Name the publication Normal.pub.

7. Select the Template check box.

8. Choose OK to save the file.

9. Close the Normal.pub publication.

Now you can create a new publication, and the changes you made using steps
1-9 will be the new defaults.

Publisher 3.0, unlike Publisher 2.0a, does not have a default Templates
folder, unless you installed version 3.0 over Publisher 2.0 or 2.0a.
However, creating and saving a Normal.pub file, following the above
procedure, will create a Templates folder if one does not exist or will add
the Normal.pub file to an existing Templates folder.

In either case, the Normal.pub file will provide the default font and font
size for new publications created using the Start From Scratch (Publisher
2.0) or Blank Page (Publisher 3.0) option.

REFERENCES
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"Microsoft Publisher User's Guide," pages 174-175, 366-367

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