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Title: change Times Roman to Ariel default in Word
Post by: here4help on October 07, 2009, 06:48:41 PM

When I copy something from the Web to Word , no matter the font on the Web, it becomes Times Roman on my screen in Word.  Ariel is my favorite font and I want it to come up directly in Word when I copy.  I have been copying Web material to Word, highlighting it, and then selecting Ariel and converting. But this is a nuisance.  Is there a way to have it come up in Ariel immediately?

Thank you.

Title: Re: change Times Roman to Ariel default in Word
Post by: soybean on October 07, 2009, 08:05:57 PM

What version of Word do you have?  Try pasting via Edit, Paste Special, Unformatted Text.  Does that work?

Title: Re: change Times Roman to Ariel default in Word
Post by: here4help on October 08, 2009, 03:58:57 PM

That worked! Thanks.

Title: Re: change Times Roman to Ariel default in Word
Post by: soybean on October 08, 2009, 09:33:30 PM

If you do this a lot, you can make it easier by putting a Paste Special button on the toolbar.  This eliminates having to click on Edit before selecting Paste Special; you still need to select Unformatted Text when the Paste Special dialog box appears.

This procedure can be further enhanced by creating a macro that invokes the command sequence for Paste Special, Unformatted Text, putting a custom button on the toolbar, and then linking that button to the macro.  This makes Paste Special, Unformatted Text a one click procedure; just click that special button on the toolbar.