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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / May 2008Font, Default
On my computer at work I have the default font set for a True Type font called Arial Terminal. It's a fixed width Arial font that I like for spreadsheets. I've changed it in Tools > Options > General. But when I open Excel, the font is set to regular Arial, the proportional spaced font, which I absolutely despise, even though Excel still shows Arial Terminal as the default font in Options. If I click on File > New and open a new spreadsheet, the font is Arial Terminal. In the registry in HKCurrentUser > Software > Microsoft > Office > 11.0 > Excel > Options, the font there is Arial Terminal. Can anyone suggest why Excel insists on using Arial, instead of the font I have selected? Bit of a guess, but I understand Excel stores your selected tool bar settings in a file called something like "Excel11.xlb", in somewhere like: C:\Documents and Settings\YOURUSERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft \Excel Although this will vary based on your set up. It might be that this file is corrupt? You could consider trying to find a .xlb file on your machine and renaming it excel11.old. Open Excel, amend the default font and then see if that works? If not, just restore the original filename. Good luck! Excel stores the default Font setting in the Registry. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options Right-side key Font What value do you have there? Mine is the hateful Arial, 10 Perhaps you do not have permission to alter the Registry? Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP >Bit of a guess, but I understand Excel stores your selected tool bar >settings in a file called something like "Excel11.xlb", in somewhere [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Good luck! > Excel stores the default Font setting in the Registry. > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> >>Good luck! I checked the registry, and the correct font is set there. I do have admin privileges on my machine. > Bit of a guess, but I understand Excel stores your selected tool bar > settings in a file called something like "Excel11.xlb", in somewhere [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Good luck! I tried renaming excel11.xlb to excel11.xlb.sav and restarting Excel, but I didn't think of then setting the default font again. I'll give it a try. Thanks. > Bit of a guess, but I understandExcelstores your selected tool bar > settings in a file called something like "Excel11.xlb", in somewhere [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Good luck! Hi, Perhaps the excel file is damaged or something. If necessary, I think you can try a utility called Advanced Excel Repair to repair your Excel xls file. It works rather well for my corrupt Excel xls files. Its web address is http://www.datanumen.com/aer/ Alan |
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