![]() I have the above working, but with one annoying glitch - "Form2" (the "embedee") is has a number of controls on it, and when I do what is described above to embed it into "Form1", some (but not all) of the Form2 controls have their Fonts changed to match the default font of Form1 - very frustrating - any ideas on how to prevent this? What I am doing is creating a set of forms with the intention of embedding them into tab pages, so that I can allow the user to "move" tabs from one tab control on a form to another tab control on another form (this is in accordance with an earlier post I made, but that's another story). In this particular case, I am using a technique whereby I am embedding one form into another (someone here showed me that since the form is a member of the controls class, you can easily do this with essentially this statement (where "Me" is "Form1") : I notice this type of thing happening more often than I like, and I am wondering what the "rule" is and how I can possibly prevent this either by a property of the form and/or control properties. But sometimes the whole thing gets too messy and it becomes more direct to just open the template file and change it.įirst you have to find normal.dotm. This usually is NOT necessary because the options in Word dialog boxes should do it all for you. The direct way to change defaults is to open the template directly. That’s when you have to take more direct action. Word stubbornly refuses to change the settings no matter which of the above options you try. Sometimes the ‘Set as Default’ or ‘New documents based on this template’ settings don’t work. Edit the template directly – the ultimate fix If NOT selected, the existing style settings in the document will remain untouched. That may or may not happen because is depends on the ‘Automatically Update’ option on the line above.Īutomatically Update – the style settings will apply to all documents which use that template and linked style. It says that the change will only apply to new documents from the template. ![]() New documents based on this template – this text is a little misleading. Only in this document – save change to document only Then go to Home | Font and click the little arrow in the bottom right of that section.Īt the bottom of the Modify Style dialog are the two options: Put the cursor on a line and make sure the Normal style is selection from Home | Styles. Set As DefaultĪ common request is to change the default font for a blank document. You can use ‘Set as Default’ buttons available in some Word dialogs or edit normal.dotm directly. There are two ways to change the defaults for ‘Blank Document’. The same applies to other templates that are the basis for other documents. We’re going to focus on normal.dotm in this article. But it’s most noticeable in a new document based on that template. That can be great for consistency across many documents. Once you’ve changed a setting in Normal.dotm that setting will take effect in all documents based on that template. CHOOSE THIS if you want to change Word’s default. It has no effect on any other document.Īll documents based on the Normal.dotm template – changes the setting in the template (in this case normal.dotm). This document only – the setting is saved in the current document only. People get confused at this and probably click OK not realizing its importance. ![]() Click on that and you’ll get this choice. Do you want it as the default setting for the current document or all documents based on the current template?įor example, the Font settings dialog has a ‘Set as Default’ button. When you make default changes to Word document settings, you’re given a choice about where to save it. Most common changes you can update from the Word dialog boxes and choosing the correct option (default font settings, page size, orientation etc). Mostly you’ll never have to change normal.dotm directly (though that’s possible, see below). Normal.dotm is the foundation for many Word documents.Ī change to normal.dotm will affect any document (new or past) that’s based on that template. It’s all in Normal.dotm (before Word 2007 it was normal.dot). Most, but not all, Word default settings are saved in the normal.dotm template. On top of all that, there’s other personal configuration items like Ribbon, AutoText and Building Blocks that have to be saved somewhere. All the basic styles (Normal, Heading 1 etc.) need a font, font size, justification and a myriad of other adjustments. It might not have any visible text, but Word has to know what page size to use and many other basic settings. After all, a ‘blank’ document isn’t really blank.
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