1. Click the 'Start' button on your Windows computer.
- Click the Set As Default button in the bottom-left corner of the Font dialog box. Changing the Default File Save Location If you want to save your documents to a particular location on your computer, such as your documents, desktop, downloads or folder location, this is how to change the default setting.
- Here is how to change the most used Word default options. Changing the default font option. 1.) Click the Home tab on the Ribbon. 2.) Click the Font dialog box launcher button, located in the bottom-right corner of the Font group. 3.) Set the font formatting as desired.
2. Click 'Default Programs'.
For some reason only known to myself, I've messed around with Word settings and now I need to set it back to default (as it comes from Microsoft). Any help out there? Set Microsoft Word Back to Defaults Solved - Windows 10 Forums. To change any of these, click on the known option for that type and select from the list that appears in the Choose an app menu. If there isn’t an existing default app applied, click Choose a default and select an option. For file types that have no known software installed, click Look for an app in the Microsoft Store for potential alternatives.
3. Click 'Associate a file type or protocol with a program'.4. Scroll through the list of file extensions. You'll see that all the Microsoft Word-related file types, such as .doc, .docx. and .dot already have Microsoft Word as default. This makes sense, as Word is the creator of these file formats.
5. Scroll down to other text-based formats, such as '.txt'. This is the Plain Text format, which also can be opened in Microsoft Word. The default setting is to open text files in Notepad. To change it to Microsoft Word, select it and then click 'Change Program'. Select 'Microsoft Office Word' under 'Recommended Programs'. Click 'OK.' Wait while Windows makes the change. Text files will now automatically open in Word.
6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for any other text-based files, such as .rtf (Rich Text Format).
7. Click 'Close'. Exit out of the 'Default Programs' window.