# How to set default text formatting for whole project **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener for Windows\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [April 30, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-to-set-default-text-formatting-for-whole-project/45739 "2019-04-30T22:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DownUnderDabbler](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@DownUnderDabbler](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/DownUnderDabbler)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-to-set-default-text-formatting-for-whole-project/45739/1 "2019-04-30T22:00:00Z")
I have completed the intro exercise, and read and reread what I am told are the appropriate sections of the manual, I have read others’ similar questions on this forum, and whatever I tried has failed. How do I set the default formatting for my project so that every document opened defaults to Times New Roman 12, Line spacing at 1.25 or 1.5, and paragraphs indented? ---
**Author:** ![Argoed](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@Argoed](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Argoed)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-to-set-default-text-formatting-for-whole-project/45739/2 "2019-05-01T05:00:57Z")
Go into Scrivener on any project and then find Tools / Options (F12) / Editor. Now look at the graphical panel on the right of the box. You use this to set up your default formatting. Use the A ( top left of box) show fonts to select default font. Select sliding tabs to choose indents ect. This will set a default setting for all New projects ect. ---
**Author:** ![JimRac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/jimrac/32/16153_2.png) [@JimRac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/JimRac)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-to-set-default-text-formatting-for-whole-project/45739/3 "2019-05-01T07:43:54Z")
Hi DownUnderDabbler, After you’ve followed Argoed’s instructions for setting your default font for _new_ documents, you may want to change the font of _existing_ documents in a project to the default. Here’s how: 1. In the Binder, Select the Draft folder 2. Change the view to Outliner. View \> Outliner 3. In the Outliner view, click on any folder or document. (Don’t open it.) 4. Expand the Outliner view. View \> Outline \> Expand all 5. Select everything in the Outliner view. Edit \> Select All (or Ctrl+A). All the folders and documents in the outliner view should be selected. 6. Convert all the documents to use the new default font. Documents \> Convert \> Formatting to Default Text Style All documents in Draft folder of that project will be changed to the default font. Please let us know if you have any other questions. Jim ---
**Author:** ![DownUnderDabbler](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@DownUnderDabbler](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/DownUnderDabbler)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-to-set-default-text-formatting-for-whole-project/45739/4 "2019-05-03T03:09:13Z")
Thank you Argoed and JimRac. All is now working as desired. I gave up trying options and was just browsing the menu options and saw one in Tools marked Scriptwriting which had its icon highlighted. I turned that off and voila! … there were the desired font and paragraph settings. I have two more tasks I need to master before too long, the compiler and referencing. Uni starts this week and I would like to practice referencing as soon as possible. I have used Zotero before and the Uni has a license for Endnote. The manual refers to Endnote by name so is it safe to assume that Endnote and Scrivener work well together? With much gratitude, Hakim ---
**Author:** ![Terry\_Haddow](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/terry_haddow/32/16040_2.png) [@Terry\_Haddow](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Terry_Haddow)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-to-set-default-text-formatting-for-whole-project/45739/5 "2025-12-09T14:12:24Z")
Revisiting this topic 6 years later. I also wish to set a default text formatting for a project. None of this makes sense (maybe the program has changed in the past years). I have found no easy way of having all text the same throughout a project. Except for blocking out each section and changing the font, I have found no easy way of making all formatting the same throughout a project. Documents, notes or anything imported into the project retains the formatting of whatever it was originally typed in. Hence, I’m not even aware of the discrepancy until I am proofreading. Any help appreciated. Or direction to the right thread. ---
**Author:** ![Hekateris](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/hekateris/32/38713_2.png) [@Hekateris](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Hekateris)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-to-set-default-text-formatting-for-whole-project/45739/6 "2025-12-10T19:26:51Z")
I’m struggling with the same thing. Add in that things are in different places or called something else in Mac vs Windows…yeah. ---
**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-to-set-default-text-formatting-for-whole-project/45739/7 "2025-12-11T01:35:00Z")
This thread predates the current version of Scrivener. These days it is no longer a Mac/Win specific answer. Here is the modern thread for that topic: > [@Change global default formatting in the editor](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/change-global-default-formatting-in-the-editor/132498): > > Hello all, I’ve been writing off and on for most of my life. Since I went electronic, I’ve been using Word. I have a couple of works for which I needed something more, and I found an excellent set of organizational tools in Scrivener. Writing individual stories or articles is easy; what I want now is to organize all that into a more cohesive final project. Last night I spent some time organizing sections for one of these works and importing Word files. By and large, this was a fruitful exe… I would post any follow-up questions you might have over there, to keep this one focused on v1, for anyone that might still need help on that.