Q126049: Writer: How To Set Default Font/Font Size for a Session

Article: Q126049
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): MACINTOSH:1.0,1.1,1.1a; WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a
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Last Modified: 29-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a 
- Microsoft Creative Writer for the Macintosh, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a 
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The Dunker Tool allows you to format the font of an entire document in one step.
Your next document, however, uses the default font and font size. To continue
using the same font size and/or font that you selected during the current
session of Creative Writer, use the following steps:

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To set the default font during the current session of Creative Writer:

1. In the Writing Studio, type some text on the page.

2. Select the Letterizer Tool, and select the desired font.

3. In Creative Writer for Windows, hold down the CTRL key and click the Dunker
  Tool.

  In Creative Writer for the Macintosh, hold down the COMMAND key and click the
  Dunker Tool.

To set the default font size during the current session of Creative Writer:

1. In the Writing Studio, type some text on the page.

2. Select the Word Sizer Tool, and select the desired font size.

3. In Creative Writer for Windows, hold down the CTRL key and click the Dunker
  Tool.

  In Creative Writer for the Macintosh, hold down the COMMAND key and click the
  Dunker Tool.

After following these steps, all documents in the current session of Creative
Writer should have the font and font size you selected.

Once you exit Creative Writer, however, these settings are not saved, and the
defaults (Lucida Sans, Tiny) are used in the next session.

Font colors and font styles cannot be maintained from document to document, even
within the same session of Creative Writer.

Additional query words: kbhowto mac mskids font size homekids text format giant large tiny huge micro lucida impact stencil kids mczee 1.10a

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Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbHomeProdSearch kbPTProdChange kbCreativeWriter100 kbCreativeWriter110 kbCreativeWriter110a kbCreativeWriter110Mac kbCreativeWriter110aMac kbCreativeWriter100Mac
Version           : MACINTOSH:1.0,1.1,1.1a; WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a

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