How to set the main font in Word. Change font in Microsoft Word

By default, when creating a new text document in MS Word, Calibri 11 points high is used as the main font. Who cares, but I strongly dislike Calibri, especially when using it when making serious documentation. The good old Times New Roman may be morally obsolete, however, it is much better suited for this purpose.

The Times wins, really!

Change Calibri Font to Times New Roman as Default

First of all, let's create a new text document, it can even be completely empty. On the tab "Home" find Font group, and in its lower right corner - a small arrow button "font"(however, you can just press Ctrl + D on the keyboard, the effect will be the same).

We call the default font settings window in MS Word

In the “Font” window that appears, we are only interested in the first tab. Now you probably have the faceless “+ Body Text” set as the default font, and the number “11” is indicated as the size. It's time to change everything to your liking. Instead of the “body text”, we set our favorite Times New Roman (or any other font), and change the size to the more familiar “12” (especially since Times New Roman is not as large as Calibri and with a height of 11 points it will be small).

Change the body text font and apply the changes

I don’t see the point in changing other settings (it’s unlikely that anyone is seriously interested in the ability to print by default only in capital and underlined letters), so click the “Default” button at the very bottom of the window. In the window that appears next, put the switch in the lower position ( "all documents based on the Normal.dotm template") and click OK.

Remember to make sure that the changes are applied to the entire document template and not to the current document.

Everything is ready - close MS Word (save or not save the document - no difference), after which the following window will most likely appear on the screen (if there is no window, everything is in order, you are lucky).

The main thing is to remember the address of the folder where the templates are located, in the screenshot it is at the very top.

Rename your template to something like Normal1.dotm and save. Then manually go to the folder where the templates are stored (you will see the path to the folder in the address bar), delete the old Normal.dotm, and rename the new Normal1.dotm you just created to Normal.dotm

We try, we start. Great, the default font is indeed Times New Roman, with a height of 12 points.

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Available in new versions of the program Microsoft Word 2007 And Microsoft Word 2010 One feature that annoyed me terribly: default font size and style. And if to type Calibri I managed to get used to it pretty quickly, but its size of 11 points on a 19-inch monitor looks too small. Each time before I sat down to write another article or instruction, I had to increase it to 14. Not difficult, but the extra meaningless clicks were terribly annoying and took away precious time that could have been spent on something more creative.

Deep down, I suspected and hoped that somewhere in the Word settings the default font size and style could be easily changed, but an attempt to delve into the settings on my own did not lead to anything. And then I finally decided to google and find out how to turn the 11th font into the 14th - the procedure took about a minute.

How to change the default font in Word 2010: step by step instructions with illustrations

1. Make sure your tab is active home. Then in the command group Styles in the lower right corner, find a tiny icon with an arrow and click it:

2. A style window will open, at the very bottom of which there are 3 icons: Create Style, Styles Inspector And Style Management. To be able to change the default font size and style, click on the last icon - Style Management:

3. Make sure that a tab is open in the dialog box that appears. Change and selected style Usual, then click on the button Change to open the font style change window:

4. If you want to change the default font from Calibri to any other, in the list of fonts, find and select suitable type font (eg. Nimes New Roman or Arial). Here you can also change other settings for all new Word documents: size, style, color, indents, intervals, etc. Change the size from 11 to 14 in the dropdown list and before clicking OK, change the value of the radio button from Only in this document on the In new documents using this template:

Otherwise, the changes we made to the default font settings will not be reflected in new documents. Now you can press the button OK and use the right comfortable fonts for working in Word 2007/Word 2010, which was described in this short, but, I hope, useful lesson for you.

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1. An indicator showing the possibility of using functions, and in combination the button for calling the MS Word "Symbols" panel.
2. Show/hide the Annotations and Concentrations panel.
3. Translation of the number of atoms into subscript, and the ion charges and oxidation states of atoms into superscript.
4. Checking the chemical equation.
5. Printing of chemical elements.
6. Opening the EquPixy 3.1 Settings panel.
7. Editing notes.

The EquPixy 3.1 Setup panel selects which buttons to display and manages function settings.

1. Time (in seconds) to hold down a key to print a lowercase (small) Latin letter.
2. Interval (in seconds) for retyping a letter while holding down a key.
3. Sound effects for typing uppercase and lowercase latin letters.
4. Formation of ion charges and oxidation states of atoms in the "Chemical formulas" function.
5. Search for Cyrillic letters and replace them with letters in the "Check chemical equation" function. For example, if the formula for water is printed in Cyrillic (H 2 O).
6. Replacing the "=" sign with an arrow (→ or ↔).
7. Decreasing the font size above the arrow when generating an arrow in the "Formation of an arrow with a reaction condition" function.
8. Bold font for the Greek alphabet.
9. Increasing the font size for the Greek alphabet.
10. Uninstalling the EquPixy add-on.

Mathematical formulas

The resulting formula can be formatted like regular text (change the font itself or its size, make it bold or italic, etc.).

The main advantage of this method is the speed with which formulas are created, and the formula remains one with the document.. The resulting formulas are displayed in the same way on other computers where the EquPixy program is not installed.

As you can see, in the formula, in addition to forming a fraction, "d" turned out to be in the second degree, since the numbers adjacent to letters and brackets are automatically translated into superscript (or subscript, see below) text. This can be avoided by putting a space between the letter and the number. Another useful feature of the program is the automatic replacement of "*" with "·". But that's not all. For example, if the formula has Square root, you need to use the root sign "√" at the beginning of the element that falls under the root. For example:

c=√a2+b2

You can specify which formula needs to be converted either by selecting it, or, if the formula is on a separate line, by placing the cursor in any part of this line, in which case the entire line will be selected automatically.

When writing the original formula, you, of course, understand that the formula A + B / 2 and (A + B) / 2 are not the same thing, but in order to print fewer characters, the separator between various parts formula is a space. For example:
- from the original formula A+B/2
- from the original formula A+ B/2

In addition to the formation of fractions and roots, the program can form more complex formulas with sum ∑, integral ∫ and product ∏:

(n=0;∞)Σ(1/n2)=π2/6

∫(x*dx/s3)=- 1/s

π/2=(n=1;∞)Π(4n2/4n2-1)

When forming a degree, if you need to make a n or a -1 , you need to use the "^" sign:

a^-n=1/a^n

and if there is a "^" sign in the original formula, then the numbers adjacent to the letters will become not superscript, but subscript:

M1/m1=M2/m2^

To make any changes (change the letter or change the formatting individual element) in an already formed formula, you can open the formula code by clicking the "Math formula" button again:

To return to , click on the "Math Formula" button again.

It is possible to describe for a long time all the features of EquPixy as an editor of mathematical formulas, but it is better to look at examples of various formulas generated by this program: Examples of editing mathematical formulas.

Chemical formulas and reaction equations

2NaNO3 + (NH4)2SO4 → Na2SO4 + 2N2O + 4H2O

In addition to writing numbers indicating the number of atoms, it may be necessary to write the charges of ions or the oxidation states of atoms in a superscript position. This can be done by specifying in parentheses or square brackets (square brackets are more convenient to use with an English keyboard layout) which digits need to be superscripted. For example:

H2O = H[+ + OH[-

Replacing the "=" sign with an arrow (→ or ↔) is configurable.

Cu2 + 11O2 = 2Fe[+3]2O[-2]3 + 8S[+4O[-2]2

The closing bracket can be omitted when followed by a space or a chemical element. Do not forget that the oxidation state of an atom has a sign at the beginning (+2), and the charge of an ion at the end (2+).

The asterisk is replaced by a dot: Na2CO3*10H2O .

To specify formulas requiring conversion, you must select them, or place the cursor on their line, and then all formulas in the line will be converted. You can also select multiple lines to convert their contents at once.

The writing of chemical elements is associated with the printing of Latin letters with frequent switching of the keyboard case from uppercase (large) letters to lowercase (small) (using the Caps Lock key or pressing and holding Shift). The function "Print chemical elements" makes it possible to print chemical elements without switching the keyboard case, due to the difference in the duration of pressing the key. Pressing and immediately releasing the key will print a large letter, and holding it down will print a small letter. The key hold time for printing small letters is adjustable from 0.1 second to 1 second (recommended 0.15 seconds). When you enable the "Print chemical elements" function, you do not need to change the print language either, because and when Cyrillic is enabled, Latin letters and square brackets ("[", "]") are printed. For training, you can print a series of metal activity: Li K Rb Cs Ba Sr Ca Na Mg, etc. There is a sound when typing (can be turned off), which is different for uppercase and lowercase lowercase letters, this allows you to control typing without taking your eyes off the keyboard.

In addition to arrows with reaction conditions, there is a function that generates an arrow with any text. The arrow is formed from a line printed on simple rule, for example:

2CO + O2 = [cat. MnO2/CuO]=>2CO2

2H2O 2H2 + O2

C2H5NH2 ==>[(C2H5)2NH2][+Br[- =[-NH4Br]=>(C2H5)2NH

Printable in chemical reaction additional information, a separate panel is intended. Inserted text can be edited, make bold and subscript.

A chemical equation can be checked for the number of atoms before and after the reaction. To check a chemical equation, either select it, or place the cursor on the line of this equation, and then the entire line will participate in the check. Equation separators can be: →, ↔, =, >.

The result of using the program when editing chemical equations depends on the font used. For example:
Good result with fonts: Times New Roman, Arial, etc.
Bad result with fonts: Calibri, etc.

You can make a suitable font the default font, this is especially true for MS Word 2007. Initially, the default font in it is Calibri. Setting the default font

Greek alphabet and special characters

Keyboard Shortcuts for Functions

For MS Word 2003 and previous versions:

Tools > Settings > Keyboard (bottom button).
Next, in the Categories, select macros, in the macros we look for the following lines:
EquPixy_ArrowWithText (Shaping an arrow with a reaction condition)
EquPixy_ChemicalElements (Print chemical elements)
EquPixy_ChemicalEquation (Checking the chemical equation)
EquPixy_ChemicalFormulas (Chemical Formulas)
EquPixy_MathEquation(Math formula)
EquPixy_RemarkVisible (Notes)

Select a function and click on the "New keyboard shortcut" field so that the cursor appears in this field. Press, for example, Alt + Z, then the "Assign" button, then "Close". Now pressing Alt+Z at the same time should run the selected function.

For MS Word 2007 a little differently:

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Differences between version 3.1 and 3.0:
Now it is possible to form subscript text using "_" (N_i).
The function of forming superscript text has been expanded.
Added the formation of large brackets.

Installation

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MS Word has a fairly large set of built-in fonts available for use. The problem is that not all users know how to change not only the font itself, but also its size, thickness, and a number of other parameters. It is about how to change the font in Word that will be discussed in this article.

Word has a special section for working with fonts and changing them. In new versions of the program, the group "Font" located in tab "Home", in earlier versions of this product, the font tools are on the tab "Page layout" or "Format".

1. In a group "Font"(tab "Home") expand the box with the active font by clicking on the small triangle next to it, and select the one you want to use from the list

Note: In our example, the default font is − Arial, it may be different for you, for example, Open Sans.

2. The active font will change and you can start using it immediately.

Note: The name of all fonts presented in the standard MS Word set is displayed in the form in which the letters printed in this font on the sheet will be displayed.

How to change the font size?

Before changing the font size, you need to learn one nuance: if you want to change the size of already typed text, you must first select it (the same applies to the font itself).

Click "Ctrl+A", if this is all the text in the document, or use the mouse to select a fragment. If you want to change the size of the text you plan to type, you don't need to select anything.

1. Expand the menu of the window located next to the active font (numbers are indicated there).

Note: In our example, the default font size is − 12 , yours may be different, for example, 11 .

2. Select suitable size font.

Advice: Standard size Fonts in Word are presented with a certain step of several units, or even tens. If you are not satisfied with specific values, you can enter them manually in the active font size window.

3. The font size will change.

Advice: Next to the numbers showing the value of the active font, there are two buttons with the letter "BUT"- one of them is larger, the other is smaller. By clicking on this button, you can change the font size step by step. Capital letter increases the size, and the smaller one reduces it.

In addition, next to these two buttons is another one − "Aa"- by expanding its menu, you can choose the appropriate type of writing text.

How to change font weight and slant?

Apart from standard view large and small letters in MS Word, written in a particular font, they can also be bold, italic (italic - with a slope), and underlined.

To change the font type, select the desired piece of text (do not select anything if you only plan to write something in the document with a new type of font), and click one of the buttons located in the group "Font" on the control panel (tab "Home").

Letter button "F" makes the font bold (instead of pressing the button on the control panel, you can use the keys "Ctrl+B");

"TO"- italics ( "Ctrl+I");

"H"- underlined ( "Ctrl+U").

Note: Bold font in Word, although it is indicated by the letter "F", is actually bold.

As you can see, text can be bold, italic, and underlined at the same time.

Advice: If you want to choose the thickness of the underline, click on the triangle next to the letter "H" in a group "Font".

next to the letters "F", "TO" And "H" there is a button in the font group "abc"(crossed out Latin letters). If you select text and then click this button, the text will be strikethrough.

How to change font color and background?

In addition to the appearance of the font in MS Word, you can also change its style (text effects and design), color and background on which the text will be.

Changing the font style

To change the font style, its design, in the group "Font", which is located in the tab "Home"(previously "Format" or "Page layout") click on the small triangle located to the right of the translucent letter "BUT"(“Text Effects and Design”).

In the window that appears, select what you would like to change.

Important: Remember if you want to change appearance existing text, first select it.

As you can see, this tool alone allows you to change the color of the font, add a shadow, outline, reflection, highlight and other effects to it.

Change the background behind the text

In a group "Font" next to the button discussed above, there is a button “Text Highlight Color”, with which you can change the background on which the font is located.

Just select a piece of text whose background you want to change, and then click on the triangle next to this button on the control panel and select the appropriate background.

Instead of the default white background, the text will appear on the background of the color you choose.

Change text color

Next button in group "Font" — "Font Color"- and, as the name implies, it allows you to change this very color.

Select the piece of text whose color you want to change, and then click on the triangle next to the button "Font Color". Choose the right color.

The color of the selected text will change.

How to set the font you like as the default one?

If you often use the same font for typing, different from the standard font available directly when you start MS Word, it will not be superfluous to set it as the default one - this will save you some time.

1. Open the dialog box "Font" by clicking on the arrow located in the lower right corner of the group of the same name.

2. Section "Font" choose the one you want to set as the standard one available by default when you start the program.

In the same window, you can set the appropriate font size, style (regular, bold or italic), color, and many other options.

3. Having made the necessary settings, click the button "Default" located at the bottom left of the dialog box.

5. Press the button "OK" to close the window "Font".

6. Default font, like everyone else additional settings that you may have done in this dialog box will change. If you applied it for all subsequent documents, then every time you create / start a new Word document, your font will be installed immediately.

How to change the font in a formula?

We have already written about how to add formulas to Microsoft Word and how to work with them, you can learn more about this from our article. Here we will talk about how to change the font in the formula.

If you just select the formula and try to change its font in the same way as you do with any other text, nothing will work. In this case, you need to act a little differently.

1. Go to the tab "Constructor", which appears after clicking on the formula area.

2. Highlight the contents of the formula by clicking "Ctrl+A" within the region in which it is located. You can also use the mouse for this.

3. Open the group dialog "Service" by clicking on the arrow located in the lower right part of this group.

4. A dialog box will open in front of you, where in the line “Default font for formula areas” You can change the font by choosing the one you like from the available list.

Note: Despite the fact that Word has a fairly large set of built-in fonts, not every one of them can be used for formulas. Also, you may not be able to select any other font for the formula besides the standard Cambria Math.

That's all, now you know how to change the font in Word, also from this article you learned how to set up other font parameters, including its size, color, etc. We wish you high productivity and success in mastering all the subtleties of Microsoft Word.

Starting with the version of Microsoft Office 2010, the default font in this wonderful editor is Calibri . Not to say that this font is bad - no, it is quite pretty, however, most users are very used to everyone's favorite font.

Well, if it were only a matter of habit, because you can get used to a new font, but as it turned out, the good old Times New Roman has proven itself very well as the official font for filling out documents, compiling reports, creating forms and others. office papers. All universities, schools, public institutions the above font is the default font.

However, the development of text editors does not stand still. Microsoft has long been introduced to users Office version 2013, the next version is just around the corner. Therefore, in order to sort out this problem once and for all, below I propose a simple way to solve it.

So to installas default font , first you need to open any text document. For me it will be just an empty document. After creating a new document, you need to right-click on the white field and select the item:

You will see a window that looks like this:

Here you can select the current font, view its display, select the style, size, and other options. As you can see in the screenshot above, this moment Times New Roman font selected. Most likely, you will have it Calibri. To do it as in the screenshot, you need to find the desired one in the list of fonts, and then click on the button.

After clicking, the following window will appear:


Where you are prompted to set the default font only for the current document or for all documents. Choose the second item, then click "OK" until all windows are closed.

That's all, the operation to install the main font has been successfully completed! IN next time, when opening a new document, you do not have to manually change the font size and type. Of course, this is not difficult to do, but in the midst of a working day in the office, even such a simple trifle can become a fly in the ointment in an important project.

This simple guide will also work in previous versions text editors.

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