Changing the default font in Word is not obvious. We'll show you an easy way to do this. Open an existing document or enter some text in a new document. Select some text and click the "Font" dialog box button in the "Font" section of the "Home" tab. It does not change any of the fonts or sizes. So I select "Clear Formatting," which then changes the paragraph. I then redo the select Report Text, and it is back the way it is. Helvetica is still there and still larger. Then I use the font menu at the top and select Calibri, but it does not change the Helvetica text. You might also check to make sure that all of the users have the same fonts installed on their systems. If a document uses a font that is on your system, and then that document is opened on a system that doesn't have the same font, Word will substitute a different font for the missing one. Click the wide font box to display a list of fonts. From this list, you can hover the mouse over a font to preview it or click it to change the text to that font. You can also adjust boldness If the default Word font is not to your liking, you can change it. Here is how to set or change the default font in Word. For a long time now, Word uses Calibri as its default font. According to rumors, that could change soon in future versions. Being a default font, anything you type in a new document will automatically use Calibri font. Trying "Open and Repair" also did not work. The issue is with the GATLINGGUN font. If I create a new document and use that font, it has the same problem. I tried deleting the font but then when you open the document everything appears as symbols (like Wingdings). Trying to change the font to something else also results in blank boxes. lcSTxJ.

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