change default font in writer without creating new template

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#1

I feel like a dufus for asking this but when I change the default font in writer 7.0.0.3 it does not hold. I close a document, open a new document and the font is the old font. i go back into libreoffice>preferences>Libreoffice writer basic fonts western and it has the old font. I cannot see how I am misunderstanding this feature. Can someone please help me. on a mac with version 10.15.6 OS

Thanks.

#2

This setting is saved in your user profile. Check that permissions along the path to the directory allow write access.

You can tell where the user profile is with Tools>Options, LibreOffice>Paths. Look for paths containing libreoffice/4/user.

#3

Thanks. I wonder why I see this ‘tools/options’ so much in people’s answers when that setting is not there - it’s under libreoffice/preferences. Is this a version difference between you and me? or an OS difference? I check permissions of that user dir and I appear to have read/write. So I don’t think that’s the issue. Did I understand you correctly?

#4

Apologies, I didn’t read with my eyes your OS. Tools>Options is for Windows, Linux and other BSD’s. When LO is ported on MacOS, the app is made MacOS-like and the menu item is moved toLibreOffice>Preferences.

#5

You need to modify your Font setting under Default style.

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This will change your font for this document. Otherwise, if this is the font you want to use as default for all future documents, you must define a template.

File > Templates > Save as Template... > Save as Default Template

#6

Thanks. I was hoping to not have to do that but it is a fine workaround if I do. Thanks.

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