Re: Changing the default font in an Abiword file

Thanks Marc - modifying your suggestion a bit, I went to "My Computer",
found an Abiword file I wanted to change the default font for, opened it
with Notepad so I was looking at the code for the file, found the default
font settings and changed them to the ones I wanted, and that worked. I've
got two separate methods now, but I'd be willing to bet that about half the
computer users in the real world would not have sufficient computer skills
to use either, and nor would they be able to figure out how to change the
default setting that come with the Abiword program so their new files open
with the settings they prefer. Needs a more user-friendly method for both in
my opinion.
Cheers,
Koala.

----- Original Message -----
From: "J.M. Maurer" <uwog@uwog.net>
To: <abiword-user@abisource.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: Changing the default font in an Abiword file

>
> On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 05:20 +0930, Koala wrote:
>> Suppose I open a new Abiword file in the default (normal) template, and
>> the
>> font for the default (normal) template is say Times New Roman 12 regular.
>> I
>> then name and save the file. Is it then possible to change the default
>> font
>> for that file to eg Verdana 10 bold? I can't find any way to do this. I
>> can
>> change a selection of text, but not the default font for that file (so
>> when
>> I type new text it automatically appears in Verdana 10 bold and not Times
>> New Roman 12 regular).
>
> Just editing the normal.awt file directly with a text editor to change
> the default font should work fine.
>
> Marc
>
>
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Received on Mon Sep 17 00:01:02 2007