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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?
Processes in Microsoft 365 for setting up Office apps, redeeming product keys, and activating licenses.
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Why is Microsoft apparently doing everything possible to make our lives more difficult and complicated? The font change is just one example.
In Excel for Mac, the corresponding setting can be found in the Preferences dialog box. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-default-font-in-excel-for-mac-6fc3ddd7-b8bf-4b6f-a122-2e50716ba816.
Why is Microsoft apparently doing everything possible to make our lives more difficult and complicated? The font change is just one example.
Renee,
Nobody here can answer the question "why?" because we are all volunteer contributors in the forum.
Make use of the feedback facility in your Office applications. The feedback will reach the Office developers.
Thank you for responding. The reason I have posted here is that I have already sent feedback at the office365 portal MULTIPLE times during the last couple of weeks--
Thanks for the follow-up. If you posted in the web portal, you can include a link here, so that other people can vote for your suggestion as well.