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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-28T17:56:49+00:00

    WHY ON EARTH DID THIS CHANGE HAPPEN?!

    WHO BENEFITS FROM IT?

    Quit breaking Outlook, OneNote, Word, Excel ... UX/UI and functionality just for sake of ???

    Ridiculous waste of time for everyone that has been using and relying on these tools for decades to do REAL WORK!

    And that don't have time to chase down solutions to NON-PROBLEMS.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-29T11:40:00+00:00

    Yes, my 475 page thesis, which was supposed to be ready to submit, has changed to Aptos. Talk about 'this sucks'! Select all, change font back to calibri changed MOST of the font, but not everything, e.g., footnotes!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-29T11:58:09+00:00

    Condolences. My gawd!

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  4. Stefan Blom 351.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-02-29T14:34:41+00:00

    Yes, my 475 page thesis, which was supposed to be ready to submit, has changed to Aptos. Talk about 'this sucks'! Select all, change font back to calibri changed MOST of the font, but not everything, e.g., footnotes!

    Modify the font of the Normal style. You can use the Font dialog box (press Ctrl+D if you are running Word for Windows). Choose the desired font and size and click the Set as Default button. When prompted, choose the option "This document only" to apply the setting to your thesis.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-29T23:34:41+00:00

    In my office, some users have had their default fonts changed to Aptos, but my computer is still using Calibri. I created a new MS Access form with Calibri and rolled it out in a production database we are using. When others opened the form, they now have it in Aptos - and what was Calibri size 11 font in Aptos is now larger and not all of the letters fit into the labels and text boxes. I'm in the process of creating other new forms for this application. Can I expect the same thing to happen to those forms? And what about the Reports in Access?

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