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Font changes in MS Office

Kerry has attended:
Powerpoint Advanced course
Excel Intermediate course

by - delegate Kerry [5 posts] (2007 Feb 12 Mon, 15:37) Reply

Hi. I was wondering whether there is a way to change the settings on Visio and Word and Powerpoint so that the default font when you open the application is always set to your preference. I find it a nuisance on Visio when its always at Arial and Word is always Times New Roman. I've tried Tools>Options menu, but nothing! Whereas in Excel, Tools>Options>General allows me to change the default font.

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RE: Font changes in MS Office

by - trainer Garry gold contributer [188 posts] (2007 Feb 15 Thu, 13:04) Reply

If your word document go to.
On the Format menu, click Font.
Select the options you want to apply to the default font.
Click Default.

RE: Font changes in MS Office

by - delegate Kerry [5 posts] (2007 Feb 15 Thu, 13:18) Reply

thanks for the Word tip, that's very useful. But how do I do the same in Visio?

RE: Font changes in MS Office

by - trainer Garry gold contributer [188 posts] (2007 Feb 20 Tue, 09:24) Reply

Change the default formatting
Make sure that no shapes are selected.
On the Format menu, click Text
Select the formatting options you want.

When you draw a new shape by using one of the following drawing or text tools, the new default formatting is applied to the shape:

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Creating an organisation chart in Visio using Excel data

A quick and easy way to create an organisation chart by importing names and titles stored in list format in an Excel spreadsheet into Visio.

1. Select File, New, Organization Chart.

2. Start the Organization Chart Wizard.

3. At the first step of the wizard, select the 'Information that I enter using the wizard' option, and click Next.

4. At the second step of the wizard, select Excel, then type the name of the file.

5. Select Browse to choose the location you wish to save the file to, click Save, and then click Next.

6. Click OK - a Microsoft Office Excel workbook will open with column headings already entered for you.

7. Replace the sample text with the text you wish to appear in your organisation chart. By holding your cursor over each column heading, you should be able to view data entry tips.

8. Save the Excel file, then close Excel.

9. Proceed through the remaining steps in the wizard to create your organization chart from the data you entered into the Excel file.

Visio's organisation chart wizard will also recognise the following file formats (besides .xls):

- Microsoft Exchange Server Directory (Microsoft Exchange e-mail Address Book).

- Tab- or Comma-delimited text (.txt).

- Org Plus (.txt).

- Microsoft Office Access (.mdb) or any other file format for a database created in an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)-compliant database application.