Posted May 13, 2012 by David Kirk in Microsoft Word
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In the new version of Microsoft Office, the default font in Word has been changed. Here is how to change the default font to whatever you wish. This includes Word 2007, 2010, and 2011.
Changing the default font in Word is easy. In fact, you can set the font for Word documents by clicking on the styles and setting the specific font for each style, which means you can have several fonts as the default font for your document. To do this, click on one of the styles in the menu. For instance, click the “ Normal” style. The personal templates folder can be set in Microsoft Word, since the folder is used by Word and Excel. To change the location of person templates, launch Microsoft Word, then go to the Word menu Preferences File Locations. Select User Templates and set it to the desired folder. No other stock font actually handles the advanced math features. One answer would be to change the text face in your document to Cambria, and then it will go well with Cambria Math.
We have had many tutorials about changing Word’s default font over the years. This article combines them all for all known versions. Scroll down to find a particular version of Microsoft Word.
Word for Mac 2011
1. Open a new document, select the Format menu, and click Font.
2. Select your default font in the dialog box.
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2. Select your default font in the dialog box.
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4. Confirm with a Yes when asked if you want to change the default font characteristics.
5. Hold down the shift key, click on the File menu, and select Save All.
5. Hold down the shift key, click on the File menu, and select Save All.
Word 2007 and 2010
What the is Calibri (Body)? You can change your default font for Microsoft Word if you wish.
1. Open Windows Word.
2. Make sure you have the Home tab selected.
3. Open the font dialog box as seen on this picture.
2. Make sure you have the Home tab selected.
3. Open the font dialog box as seen on this picture.
4. Once the font dialog opens, change the default properties you wish. In Word 2007, press the Default button when you are done. In Word 2010, this button text has been changed to Set as Default.
Older Versions of Microsoft Word
1. Open Word.
2. Click the Format menu.
3. Select the font, style, and color you wish you use by default.
4. Click the Default button.
5. Confirm.
6. Click OK.
2. Click the Format menu.
3. Select the font, style, and color you wish you use by default.
4. Click the Default button.
5. Confirm.
6. Click OK.
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Issue
You have tried to change the font of MathType's equation numbers from Calibri 11 to Times New Roman 12, clicking every button and selecting every dropdown. You've done everything you can think of, but nothing works, including the 'Format Equation Numbers' dialog.
Reason
Equation numbers that are inserted by MathType are simply text, so they can be styled like any other text in Word. There's more to it than that though; read on…
Solution
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- Even though MathType does not control the font Word uses for equation numbers, MathType does provide a style for this, and by controlling the definition of this style, you can control which font and font styles Word will use for equation numbers. This style is named MTDisplayEquation. This style is not included by default on Word's Style Gallery, nor does it exist before you insert a display equation into the current document.
- If you're using a Mac, proceed to the next step. On Windows, to find the MTDisplayEquation style and modify it click the dialog launcher at the lower corner of the Styles group of the Home tab: . When you do that, you'll see the MTDisplayEquation style near the top of the Styles panel (screen shot on left below). If you hover the mouse over that style, you can see the complete definition for that style. (You may also see the MTEquationSection style; we recommend leaving that one alone.) Proceed to step 4.
- If you're using Word 2011 on Mac, click the Manage styles icon on Word's Home tab: . If you're using Word 2016 on Mac, click the Styles Pane button on Word's Home tab: . When you do that, you'll see the MTDisplayEquation style near the top of the Styles panel (screen shot on the right below). If you hover the mouse over that style, you can see the complete definition for that style.
Styles pane in Word 2016 for Windows.
Similar appearance in other versions
of Word for Windows.Styles pane in Word 2016 for Mac. - Click the downward-pointing triangle to the right of the MTDisplayEquation label, then Modify ('Modify Style..' on the Mac), and you'll have an opportunity to change the style's definition. You can also choose whether you want to apply bold, italic, or underline styling to the equation numbers within your document.
- Note these changes will affect only the equation numbers. The equation itself is not affected, nor are equation references.
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We hope this has been helpful. As always, please let us know if you have questions about this, or if you have additional techniques that work. We'd love to hear from you.