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When you create a new document, Word bases what that document looks like on certain defaults that it establishes. One default—the font used in the document—is stored in either of two places. It starts out in the Windows Registry, unless you've made sufficient changes to other default settings that Word creates a default template (Normal.dotm) to store those changes.
You can change the default font used for new documents in this manner, assuming that Word has not yet created the default template (Normal.dot or Normal.dotm):
If Word has already created the default template (again, Normal.dotm) then the best way to change the default font is to make your change to the template itself. Follow these steps:
You have now changed the default template. You should save the file and then close it. The changes will take effect with the next document you create.
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