Setting Web Fonts

Word includes many features designed to make it work well with the Web. (Well, it included them starting with Word 2000 when Microsoft finally woke up to the Internet.) One such feature allows information to be saved in a Web-page format. This means you can create Web pages with Word, if desired.

The Web is a more limited environment than you may be used to in Word. One such area of limitation is in the fonts that are used. Typically, Web pages are constructed of one or two fonts, not the hundreds that are possible with Word. You can set the default fonts that Word uses when constructing Web pages by following these steps if you are using a version of Word prior to Word 2007:

1. Choose Options from the Tools menu. Word displays the Options dialog box.
2. Make sure the General tab is selected. (Click here to see a related figure.)
3. Click on the Web Options button. Word displays the Web Options dialog box.
4. Make sure the Fonts tab is selected. (Click here to see a related figure.)
5. Using the Proportional Font drop-down list, select the font you want used as a default for your Web pages.
6. Using the Fixed-width Font drop-down list, select the font you want used when displaying monospace information on your Web pages.
7. Using the Size controls, specify the respective default sizes for the fonts.
8. Click on OK to close the Web Options dialog box.
9. Click on OK to close the Options dialog box.

If you are using Word 2007 the steps are similar, with noted differences on how you get to the Web Options dialog box:

1. Click the Office button and then click Word Options. Word displays the Word Options dialog box.
2. Click Advanced at the left of the dialog box.
3. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the available options.
4. Click on the Web Options button. Word displays the Web Options dialog box.
5. Make sure the Fonts tab is selected.
6. Using the Proportional Font drop-down list, select the font you want used as a default for your Web pages.
7. Using the Fixed-width Font drop-down list, select the font you want used when displaying monospace information on your Web pages.
8. Using the Size controls, specify the respective default sizes for the fonts.
9. Click on OK to close the Web Options dialog box.
10. Click on OK to close the Options dialog box.