Fw: some simple requests

From: Michael Leddy (mleddy@eiu.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 06 2002 - 13:47:22 GMT

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    > my wishes to know are:
    > 1) can i set the default font to arial- how?
    > 2) can i set the default save to *.rtf- how?

    For #1, you need to change the "normal" template. Go to Format, then Style.
    After you make changes, you need to Save As an AbiWord Template. The
    "normal" template is in a Templates folder within the AbiWord folder in your
    Program Files. I find that to get it to save (so that it changes things the
    next time I open AbiWord), I need to click on the already existing template
    name "normal." Just typing the name doesn't do the trick.

     For #2, you need to edit your AbiWord Profile, which resides in the
    AbiSuite folder within Windows. Open it with Notepad when AbiWord is not
    running. You can add things to the Custom format that appears towards the
    end of the file, like so

     DefaultSaveFormat=".rtf"

     Then save the Profile. You can change other stuff this way too (I have
    Zoom set to Width, instead of 100%). It's not as difficult as it might
    appear (then again it might not appear difficult to you at all). I am
    "just-a-user" and found tinkering with the Custom format to be quite
    exhilarating. If you change some of the default Preferences before looking
    at the AW Profile, you'll see more stuff already listed under Custom (I
    think!).
     Michael

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