[stylist] Word Processing question

Fri Jul 16 21:45:25 UTC 2010

  Hi Lori,
There's nothing wrong with the default. It's 12 pt. Times New Roman, and 
I use it for most of what I write in terms of research, interview notes, 
non fiction articles and so forth. When I set up a new Chapter for my 
book, however, I change to double-spacing in format/paragraphs and  
change the Special combo box to "First Line" instead of the default 
"none. I don't mind doing that. It's just having the font size/type 
change to something that is neither the default nor what I changed to, 
just because I pasted one document into another that drives me nuts. I'm 
suspecting demonic posession of my computer and/or that Bill Gates has 
employed Murphy.
Donna

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On 7/15/2010 11:00 AM, loristay wrote:
> You can change the default, you know.  I'm not sure how to do it with keystrokes.  i do know I have been able to switch it to Ariel, 12 point, and my husband, who is totally blind, has made his Ariel 14 point.  So it can be done.  Get into the font menu, change the font and size to the ones you want, and tab till you land on default.  Possibly you can check this with the space bar.  Anyone want to confirm?  Then hit okay, or apply, whatever they offer.
> Lori
> On Jul 15, 2010, at 10:50:46 AM, "Donna Hill"<penatwork at epix.net>  wrote:
>
> From:   "Donna Hill"<penatwork at epix.net>
> Subject:    Re: [stylist] Word Processing question
> Date:   July 15, 2010 10:50:46 AM EDT
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Hi Joe,
> That's essentially what I'm doing. The default format for new .docs is 
> still 12 pt. Times New Roman, single spaced, aligned left. It's like 
> there's a demon in there. I can live with it, but it does take extra 
> time. There's a "merge" option in the menus, but I've never been able to 
> figure out how to use it or if it really applies to this situation.
> Donna
>
> Donna
>
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>
>
> Joe Orozco wrote:
>> Select the whole document at the end. Pres Control + Shift + P. Then Shift
>> Tab twice to the Font feature and select the font you prefer. This will
>> apply the change to the whole document. It sounds like there may be an
>> issue with your Normal template. I don't know why the font would change
>> from one Word document to another, but if so, you can find your Normal
>> template by going to Documents and Settings, User, Application Data,
>> Microsoft, Templates. As you may already know, any changes to this file
>> will apply across the board to all newly created Word files. You may
>> unfortunately have to go through each heading and individually adjust each
>> font type.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judith Bron
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:33 PM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Word Processing question
>>
>> Donna, I'm also using word 2003 but Jaws 7.1. I don't have 
>> those problems. 
>> I combine chapters into one document all the time and the font, 
>> point size 
>> and formatting stay the same. Here's one suggestion. Put all 
>> your chapters 
>> into one document. When you have the last one in the document 
>> select the 
>> document, hit control D for font, select the font you want and 
>> go through 
>> and do to each heading whatever you want. Not an optimum 
>> solution, but the 
>> only one I can come up with. HTH, Judith
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Donna Hill"<penatwork at epix.net>
>> To:<stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 9:58 PM
>> Subject: [stylist] Word Processing question
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi Guys,
>>> Here's the thing. I'm trying to make one document of all of
>>>
>> my chapters.
>>
>>> I've done this many times with the same frustrations. If I start with 
>>> Chapter 1, put Chapter 2 on the clipboard and paste it into Chapter 1 
>>> after inserting a page break, one of 2 things happens. Either
>>>
>> the font
>>
>>> changes from 12 pt. Times New Roman to 10 pt. TMNS (or something like 
>>> those initials anyway), or the font stays Times New Roman,
>>>
>> but the Chapter
>>
>>> title, which I had painstakingly bolded, centered and changed
>>>
>> to 14 pt.,
>>
>>> goes back to 12 pt. regular type and aligned left. It always
>>>
>> involves a
>>
>>> lot of re formatting.
>>>
>>> Is there some easier way to combine documents? I'm using Word
>>>
>> 2003 with
>>
>>> Jaws 11.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Donna
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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