Re: Newbie: Changing default font

Pete wrote:

>I am new to Abiword. I am running 2.0.10 on WinXP.
>I want to change the default font but am having surprising difficulty.
>
>I have read the entry on this in the documentation at
><http://www.crazy-wormhole.com/AlinaMeridon/AbiWord/abidocs/howto/howtonormaltemplate.html>
>
>
>That does not work for me. If I search around I find that other people
>have worked out other ways of changing the default font. Here the writer
>recommends to changing the style in order to force a save.
>
>http://abiword.pchasm.org/tips/
>Again this method does not work for me.
>
>I can't think it should be this hardto change a default. Can someone
>kindly advise me.

At 22:40 07/09/2004, Ryan Pavlik wrote:

>>You should be able to open up the normal.awt file from your profile
>>directory (see the pchasm page). In there, if you go to Format, Style,
>>Create and Modify, select Normal and click modify, then choose Format and
>>Font from the popup window, you should be able to set your default font
>>face and size. Save the template, close AbiWord, and try opening AbiWord
>>again.

Ryan, for some reason this just doesn't work for me. I am careful to make
sure I am using the normal file with the .awt file both for open and save.

I notice that when I explicitly open normal.awt it is set to the font i
want (Arial). But when I start Abiword I am in Times New Roman. The box
to the left of Times New Roman says "normal".

Can you or anyone else advise further?

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Received on Wed Sep 8 01:06:39 2004