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WordPad defaults
Name: hliggett Date: April 25, 2006 at 06:15:40 Pacific OS: Windows 98 CPU/Ram: 128MB Product: HP8565C
Comment:
WordPad has a default font of Times Roman. Can I change the default so it will come up with Arial 12 pt. as the default?
Name: Derek Date: April 25, 2006 at 06:49:43 Pacific
Reply:
Not directly I'm afraid.
What you do is make a template by opening a blank page and setting it to the font you want. Save this with some useful name (such as WPadTmpl} and make it read-only to remind you not to delete it.
Make a shortcut to this template instead of the normal WordPad shortcut. You then save all future WordPad documents with a new name, using Save As.
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