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by krisu

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I set up my Outlook to use Word as the default email editor. Everything works fine when I write emails, but when I reply to an email Word uses times new roman as the default font. When I check the list of styles there is a style called default paragraph font. This is set as times new roman and I can't change this. How can I change the font as Arial? Thanks.

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by gutridgesj

You can do this using Word 2000 pretty easy. Or since your default editor in Outlook is Word, open up a message.

At the top line menu, click on Tools, Options. Under General there should be a button called Email Options. One of the tabs is called Personal Stationary. Here one can change the font for new and reply messages separately.

If you use Word97, it is a little different. When you reply to a message, or make a new message, the style gallery has a setting called reply/forward. Youcan use this but i do not know how to save the setting once you change it. I do not use Word 97 anymore.

hope this helps

by krisu

That only fixes the font for the new part of the reply message, but the included message still has Times New Roman as the font.

by gutridgesj

ok then, click on edit, select all, and pick whatever font you want it to be. if you want it permanent, i would have to go look a little deeper, but there has to be a way i am sure.

by krisu

That's what I usually do. I'm trying to find out way to make it permanent. Thanks for the help anyway.

by mbazzell

I am almost positive there is no way to automatically change the font from the message you are replying to. You canuse the suggestion from above if you want it done.
Sorry!

by krisu

The strange this is if you use Outlooks default editor, you can select all the fonts the way you like them, but not with word. I hope I'll find a way to fix this. Thanks for trying anyway.

by mal4462

In order to access the "Stationary and Fonts" option, you MUST have "Use Microsoft Word to edit email messages" unchecked.

1. Tools
2. Options
3. Mail Format
4. Stationary and Fonts
5. Fonts
Make your changes to font face and type.

Once you have completed steps 1 - 5, turn on the checkbox "Use Microsoft Word to edit email messages".

Good Luck

by krisu

This doesn't fix the problem. All the stationary font's are changed to Arial 12, but still when I reply to a question the original messages font becomes Arial 10.

by leaslynn

Have you gone into Styles in Word and changed the default paragraph font there? That's what I would try. BTW, everything I read suggests that people who use Word as e-mail editor wind up with a lot more Outlook problems, not to mention that the file sizes are bigger.

by krisu

Default Paragraph Font is a built in Style and it can't be deleted or edited. Do you know anyway of getting around this?

Krisu

by james_randy

Since that question is so old, and you rejected all those answers, why don't you just close your question?

by krisu

Thanks for reminding that the question was still open. I had forgot all about the question. The reason I rejected all the answers is, that none of the answers solved my problem. Now the question is closed and I just have to come to the conclusion that this behavior cannot be changed.

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