Re: [libreoffice-users] Question re: Calc default font

That was just the trick, Regina.  Thanks for the wisdom.  Now, if that 
capability could be made part of the Options, much as it's part of the 
Options in Writer, it would be even better.

Willy


On 2/23/2012 11:43 AM, Regina Henschel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Brian Barker schrieb:
> > At 19:15 22/02/2012 -0500, Willy Williams wrote:
> > > While I can hit F11 and change the current font in Calc to the desired
> > > one, I seem to not be able to make that other font my default. I've
> > > found the magic in Writer, but not Calc. Can someone please enlighten
> > > me as to how to set a permanent default font in Calc other than Arial?
> >
> > o Open a new spreadsheet document.
> > o Click in the top left corner, where the row and column headers meet,
> > in order to select the entire sheet.
> > o Go to Format | Cells... | Font (or right-click | Format Cells... |
> > Font) and select your chosen font - or just use the Font Name box in the
> > Formatting toolbar.
>
> A better way is not setting a hard formatting but using the styles. So 
> open Style&Formatting window and set the desired font in the cell 
> style "default".
>
> The important step is indeed to save it as template and afterwards 
> make it your default template. If you want to use document creation 
> from right click in Windows, you need to change the common template as 
> well.
>
> Kind regards
> Regina

--
For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted