[Solved] Default font in text Writer

[DougLassiter]

When I open a new Open Office text document, I'm stuck on Times Roman 12 point font. How can I make it open up on a different font or font size? I'd rather not mess around with Templates. Isn't there some way of setting a default?

[FJCC]

With a Writer document open, choose the menu item OpenOffice -> Preferences. Expand the OpenOffice Writer list on the left and select Basic Fonts. You can choose your fonts there.

[DougLassiter]

I'm using Open Office 4.1.15 on a Mac Monterey, and in OpenOffice -> Preferences > OpenOffice Writer list these is no "Basic Fonts" tab. There is a "Fonts" tab, but that doesn't seem to offer any obvious selection of font defaults.

[RoryOF]

Open Writer, and then you should find Basic Fonts listed when you use the OpenOffice Writer entry on the Preferences screen.

[FJCC]

Here is the dialog I'm talking about.

Fonts.PNG (20.32 KiB) Viewed 4108 times

[DougLassiter]

Well, that's not what I see. I see this below. Again, I am using Open Office 4.1.15.

[FJCC]

Do you have a Writer document open?

[DougLassiter]

Ah, that was it! Thanks. I have my new default font now.

[DougLassiter]

My application is VASTLY simpler. I remotely control a Mac desktop at my elderly mom's house. She's not conversant in e-mail, and has no ability to text. So I can use Open Office on her machine to write notes to her on her screen. I want to do this in conveniently large font. I want to just open the application, and BOOM, be writing clearly in large font. Screwing around with templates makes no sense at all.

For my own writing tasks, I use both Microsoft Office and Open Office. I am not font-challenged for either of those.