Project default font and compiled font

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Hello, I have been using the product for about 30sec but owned it for years. It is complicated and I am old. (Read the Flippin’ Manual) RTFM I hear you say. Come on I’m Old. and A Man who reads a manual?

Simple enough question but how do I make the font used throughout ‘Bookman Old Style’ including in the Project, the development, corkboards etc. and then in my compiled output?

Stephen

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Search here for “Default formatting” , and set the font at the top of the center column of the Compile Overview window.

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Hello @AntoniDol, Thanks,
by ‘search here’ do you mean within the Community Forum?
By Compile Overview window do you mean:

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Not sure that image worked.(It does after posting) The Compile Overview window has a bar to the top to select Compile for: [Microsoft Word 97-2004 (.doc)] then ‘Formats’ Col’ left, ‘Section Layouts’ Col’ next and a frame to the right. The Formats>Default (Left) right click does not allow ‘Edit Format’ it is greyed out.
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Thanks
Stephen

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Yes.
And yes.
That is what he means. :+1:

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You deleted it but I read it :slight_smile:

Thanks anyway, I’m getting there slowly.

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Hello all, I have found that you can alter the .prefs file with a search replace sequence. Search for the word font. I found many, then select the font name you wish to replace, and replace with the name of the new font. I have now done that and I have also saved this all as a Template for me. Wish I had done this research years ago.
I use notepad ++, The search replace feature
example in my search I see:
Line 57: Appearance\documentNotesFont3=“Courier,12,-1,5,300,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,Regular”

I then selected Courier and replaced with Bookman Old Style
giving
Line 57: Appearance\documentNotesFont3=“Bookman Old Style,12,-1,5,300,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,Regular” which I did as a bulk change.
I hope this is an OK way to make a bulk change.
Now I would like to know what all of the other elements of the config lines are. One day I’ll actualy write something :slight_smile:

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The prefs-file is no more than a reflection of all the settings you can change using the GUI. But this is a way to do it in batch.

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Thank you AntoniDol

I appreciate your taking the time to respond.

Stephen