This tutorial is aimed at Word XP (version 2002). Since this is not really suitable for most pupils I'm going to explain how you can permanently change this to Sassoon at size 12pt. There's a good chance that it's set to Times New Roman at size 10pt. Launch Microsoft Word, type in some text and look at the font. Using styles properly is quick, easy and makes Word much more robust when it comes to selecting fonts. The reason that Word tends to flip back to Times New Roman during typing is because this is set as the default Normal style. The default appears to be Times New Roman size 10pt, but most people prefer something like Comic Sans or Sassoon at 12pt or larger. Lots of people start Word and change the font using the toolbars. Changes made to styles can be permanent so a change to the normal style could reflect in all new documents. There are also Header styles for titles and these are available on several levels, depending on how important your header is. The Normal style is exactly what it says it is - the style of normal text in your document.

To create good consistency across your documents in Microsoft Word you can define styles. This again can be solved by adjusting the Normal Style. The other common issue is with the seemingly random changing from one font to another during writing. Adjusting the Normal Style solves this problem.

Every time Word is opened the pupil or a support person has to go through the process of changing the font and the size. The first is that your pupil needs their document to use a certain font, such as Comic Sans, at a certain size. This tutorial deals with two common problems that pop up time and time again.

Or ' getting Word to come up with the same font each time' or ' stopping Word from switching fonts during writing' The Problem

How to edit style pane in word