# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**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. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-to-set-default-text-formatting-for-whole-project/45739)._