Comments (33)

1. October 4, 2007
   Joy

   Just as I needed :) Thanks!

2. December 13, 2007
   David Prejean

   That didn’t work for me. Made changes, closed Excel, re-opened and it was back to Clalibri and 11.

3. August 27, 2008
   Fird

   Thanks!

   This helps a lot!

4. October 7, 2008
   Mary Ellen

   Worked great for me — thanks so much.

5. October 23, 2008
   Tina

   YES!!!!!!!!!!

6. February 25, 2009
   Roger Vernon

   Roger Vernon = like David it did not work for me and kept going back – would like more information

7. February 26, 2009
   David Prejean

   Regarding changing the font, I just discovered that, after selecting the font that I want, I had to click on the ‘OK’ button at the bottom. The button was hidden by the taskbar at the bottom and I couldn’t see it.

   By right clicking on the taskbar and then unchecking ‘Lock the Taskbar’ the OK button was visible.

8. March 27, 2009
   CarlosG

   Thank you. This process was very helpful.

9. May 2, 2009
   Dante

   The problem still exist, its just a very simple steps but everytime I restart a new Excel, it still defaulted to Arial but if I open the excel options it is already on the desired font. I rebooted my whole pc, still same problem.

   please help… not sure what david prejan is referring to regarding OK button being hidden. once you click the office button, the OK button is available already.

10. May 5, 2009
    s. french

    I appreciate the help, but as some of the others, changing the font in the word options area does not work for me also. My system keeps re-opening Excel with Calibri, font 11. I wonder if you found a solution for the others and what that might be? Thank you for any help, s. french

11. May 5, 2009
    Hong

    Thanks a lot

12. June 11, 2009
    O

    Thanks, very helpful indications!

13. September 12, 2009
    Joseph

    This works for setting the default font for the spread sheet but it does NOT affect charts which continue to default to Calibri.

14. October 7, 2009
    Gav

    Thanks for that. Nice clear instructions and worked a treat.

15. November 10, 2009
    Abdul

    Hi there,

    i’d like to automatically open a blank excel worksheet formatted to 2 decimal places “(,) style” everytime I open excel or a new worksheet.

    Regards
    Abdul

16. December 25, 2009
    Aadil Maknojia

    how can we set the default font for comment in ms excel 2003 or 2007..

17. April 26, 2010
    Mollie

    why do email addresses default to Calibri 11, even when the pitch selected for the worksheet is 10?

18. May 21, 2010
    Steven

    To add a new command to the Quick Access Toolbar is there any way to change the default Choose commands from ‘Popular Commands’ to ‘All commands’

19. October 26, 2010
    Ashi

    tnx it works 4 me :-)

20. January 11, 2011
    Mujeeb

    my excel file font has been corrupted
    any one can help me?
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    i need help………………… plz

21. January 26, 2011
    Greatful

    Finally, you have provided the necessary info that has been frustrating me FOREVER!! Thank you very, very much! I knew it had to be simple, but have never been able to figure it out.
    I’m very relieved.

22. March 4, 2011
    Anonymous_Noname

    Just what i needed and looking for.

    This instructions really solved my prob and answered my question.

    Thanks so much.

23. March 15, 2011
    Nina

    Directions were simple and it worked for me.

24. March 23, 2011
    Lance

    THANKS!!!!!!!!!!! I hate Calibri!!!!

25. April 4, 2011
    Leopold Birkholm

    Dear Sir,

    It worked well for me. That despite I run Excel on a different language. Thank you for your help.

    Kind regards
    Leopold B.

26. May 24, 2011
    leomo

    You need to create a new default template that will load at startup. They didn’t make it easy to do in Office 2007! But here’s how:

    1.Open a new blank worksheet.
    2.Insert > Hyperlink > Paste in any link
    3.Home > Styles > Right click on the ‘Hyperlink style’ > Modify > Set your font options
    4.You probably will want to do the same for the ‘Followed Hyperlink’ style
    5.Delete the hyperlink.
    6.File > Save As > Other formats
    7.Browse to “%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART” (Copy/Paste that into the File name field and press Enter to get there easily)
    8.Save as type: Excel Template (.xltx)
    9.File name: Book.xltx
    Now whenever you start Excel or create a new workbook, the hyperlink font should be the one you choose.

    This Microsoft support article helped me: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822107 look here for where to save templates for Office 2003, or to see other ways of loading your template.

27. May 24, 2011
    joethepro

    Go to the xl start folder:

    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\XLSTART

    Open the file there and change the font to what you like.. anything except Calibri. lol
    This should fix this stupid calibri setting permanently (at least when u open a new Excel sheet).
    In some instances where you export to Excel from Access, it may still go to that silly Calibri setting.
    BTW , calibri aint bad in emails I guess, but in Excel, we like our Arial. It is how we do it.

28. June 2, 2011
    Ruth

    Thank you for the tip. I hate calibri too! :)

29. June 22, 2011
    ken

    did not work. followed directions to the letter and still stays on default ms font

30. August 26, 2011
    joy2

    thanks

31. September 11, 2011
    Cruz

    THnx a lot help me a lot..

32. September 24, 2011
    ankit

    itz not usefull for me, have to make changes again and again..

33. October 3, 2011
    Noli

    thanks ! great help !