You can use hidden text for things such as writing notes to yourself as you compose a document. If you choose to display hidden text, it displays with dotted lines under it. Hidden text is text that you can choose whether or not it displays or prints. When you underline, the underline color is the same color as your text by default. When you select small caps, Word converts all lowercase characters to uppercase in a smaller point size. The Font dialog box offers a variation of this: small caps. You can change the case of text to uppercase by selecting the Uppercase option after clicking the Change Case button. The Font dialog box gives you an additional option of double strikethrough. Double Strikethroughīy using the Strikethrough button, you can single strikethrough text. Your Word default settings for both Font and Spacing have been changed.The Font dialog box provides some options that are not on the Ribbon but may be of interest to you, such as double strikethrough, small caps, and changing the underline color. Change the Spacing setting ( New Settings – No Spacing screen shot above). This will display the Paragraph Dialog box.Ģ. Click the Dialog box launcher located in the lower right hand corner of the Paragraph Group.

Below are the steps to change Word’s default spacing settings.ġ. The default spacing in Microsoft Word 2010 is 10 pt. How to Change the Default Normal Font Spacing Check All documents based on the Normal.dotm template? Click the Set As Default button located in the lower left of the dialog box.Ĥ. Change the Font and Size (example shows Times New Roman, size 16).ģ. Click the Dialog box launcher located in the lower right hand corner of the Font Group. Below are the steps to change Word’s default font settings.ġ. The default font style and size in Microsoft Word 2010 is Calibri 11. How to Change the Default Normal Font Settings

This blog post will show you step-by-step how to get it done. If you have recently been upgraded to Word 2010, yup there are plenty of business that are moving to Office 2010, even with Office 2013 available, you may want to change the new default settings for fonts and spacing.

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