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Change default font?
I'd like to change the default font for all users when creating new documents in Word 2016. I don't think it is feasible to simply produce a new normal.dot any more, as I believe these are create...
That's the standard approach for one user. It's been like that for a long time. But does not really help when there are 2,500 users that I need to do it for.
AFAIK, the default font is stored in normal.dotm. BTW, sharing normal.dotm among multiple users is not supported (https://support.microsoft.com/en-hk/help/811468/you-cannot-share-the-normal.dot-file-among-multiple-users-in-word).
You could then write a login script to download normal.dotm form a network share, but that would overwrite also other user personalizations, which I assume is something you don't want to do.
IMHO the best solution could be to create a shared template with all the settings you need, including the default font, and ask the users to use it.
Just my two cents...