Re: Word: Resetting textbox formats--or not...
Title: RE: Word: Resetting textbox formats--or not...I think this is what you're looking for:
Right click on the textbox that you've already formatted the way you want and select the menu option "Set AutoShape Default". The next textbox you draw should retain those settings.
Walter Jones
jonesw -at- aurorabio -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy McDonald [mailto:mcdonan1 -at- NATIONWIDE -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 11:26 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Word: Resetting textbox formats--or not...
>
> Here's the rub: Every time I create a text box or a callout
> to describe some
> screen cap or other, I want to reset the type of lines, the
> font size, and the
> internal margin spaces to smaller, etc., but every time I open the
> format/picture (or whatever) dialog box, it's defaulted to
> sizes bigger than I
> want. I've wanted to reset but to no avail.. I'm manually
> resetting every time
> I create a new textbox. Have tried lots of Help files, and
> tools/custom...
> tools/option, etc... Does anyone have a good suggestion for
> finding the way to
> change those defaults?
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