By Ryan Johnson, technology training coordinator

Start with a blank document, or if your document already contains text that is formatted with the properties that you want to use, select that text.

1. On the Home tab, click the Font Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Font tab.

2. Select the options that you want to apply to the default font, such as font style and font size. If you selected text in step 1, the properties of the selected text are set in the dialog box.

3. Click Set As Default, and then click OK.