Reverting Aptos +body/+headings font back to Calibri, or using any other font

Anonymous
2024-01-11T01:32:12+00:00

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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  2. Stefan Blom 351.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-04-04T16:05:54+00:00

    This does not work if just adding a new worksheet to an existing workbook that had the new default setting when the workbook was created. What's the fix for that?

    That is correct. As I wrote in the message to which you replied, changing the defaults apply to future workbooks.

    In Excel for Windows, you can modify the font of multiple sheets at once if you first group them by Ctrl + clicking the worksheet tabs. Remember to ungroup before you make any additional edits on the workbook.

    To send feedback for Microsoft, use Help > Feedback (Word for Windows).

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-04T14:38:26+00:00

    This has just affected my entire computer. ALL the font somehow just changed to APTOS! I hate it! It looks like the old computer language. Desktop, instructions Google browser, everything has been changed!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-04T11:16:04+00:00

    In Excel, if you enter an amount in GBP (£) and then set the cell formatting to 'Accounting', the '£' symbol is misaligned with the value in the cell (it's too high up).

    The '£' symbol is perfectly aligned in Calibri.

    I'm surprised this got through testing and QA before being rolled out into the live environment globally. I suspect that the '$' symbol is OK and that's all that mattered.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-04T11:02:45+00:00

    This does not work if just adding a new worksheet to an existing workbook that had the new default setting when the workbook was created. What's the fix for that?

    More broadly, why would Microsoft choose to change the default formatting for documents? The default should be up to the user, might be an idea next time to add a confirmation notification that asks the user if they are happy for the default to be changed (rather than it just being "automatic"), as you will have realised by now that not everyone wants to change the default. If the user clicks on "OK" then change it, if they don't then don't. Quite simple really. Think about your users Microsoft, not what you might believe is best!

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