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At some point in the last couple of days, the default +body/+headings font on my copy of Office 365 changed to the Aptos font. I honestly find it a bit hard to read, and I'd rather choose my default body font from a choice of whatever fonts I have installed. Failing that, I'd take Calibri again. The Aptos font reminds me a lot of
Since this affects all Office products, I can't say go into Outlook and change the stationery fonts; this doesn't impact the Reading Pane. It also wouldn't impact say Word, where I'd have to come up with my own document template to override the change. It doesn't seem to be a registry edit or template file edit, either. Is there a spot that the Aptos font can be changed?
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Underlining in Aptos is frustratingly pathetic, barely visible. Calibri is overall much better font. Have reverted in Word via Design > Themes > Office 2013 - 2022 Theme, then clicked 'Set as Default' on ribbon.
I have MS Office 2018 not Office 365. How do I uninstall the Aptos font ans change the default font to Arial
Tony,
There is no single location in which you can change the font for all Office applications.
In Excel for Windows, you can change the default font for future workbooks via File > Options > General.
In Word for Windows, select the font you want in the Font dialog box (Ctrl+D) and click Set as Default (see the screen shot below). When prompted, choose "all documents based on the <template name> template." In most cases, you want to change the font for the blank document template, which is called Normal.dotm. The modification applies to future documents based on the template. Later, if/when you are prompted to change the template, choose to do so.
I have the same complaint about the default Aptos font, but the response didn't answer my question, namely how to change the default font permanently.
@Anthony Conte2
Make sure your cursor is in the body section of the email.
Does that help?
Why on earth does Microsoft not give users an option to accept ANY of their so-called upgrades? Each one like this imposition of Aptos seems to screw up my workload, imposes an additional unwanted diversion and functionality!