WD2000: Word Default Font Changes When Address Font Changes

When you change the Delivery address or the Return address font on the Envelopes tab, Word may change the default font for new documents based on the Normal template.

To locate the Envelopes tab, click Envelopes and Labels on the Tools menu.

This functionality occurs when you select the address on the Envelopes tab, right-click the selected address, and then click Font on the shortcut menu. It also occurs if you click Options on the Envelopes tab and click either the Delivery Address or Return Address Font button. If you click Default on the Font tab, the following message appears: When you click Yes, the default font in Word for all new documents is changed.

To permanently change the Delivery Address or Return Address formatting without affecting the default font for the Normal template, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Change the Envelope Address or Envelope Return Style

To change the Envelope Address or Envelope Return style, follow these steps:

1. On the Format menu, click Style.
2. In the Style dialog box, under List, click All styles. Under Styles, select the style Envelope Return or Envelope Address, and then click Modify.
3. In the Modify Style dialog box, click to select the Add to template check box, click Format, and then click Font.
4. In the Font dialog box, select the font and properties you want.
5. Click the OK button twice to return to the Style dialog box.
6. Click Close.

Changes you made to either the Envelope Return or the Envelope Address are applied to the current envelope as well as all future envelopes.

Method 2: Use the Options Button

1. On the Tools menu, click Envelopes and Labels.
2. Click the Envelopes tab. Click Options. You do not need to select the address you typed in the Delivery Address or Return Address box.
3. On the Envelope Options tab, click the Font button for either Delivery address or Return address.
4. On the Font tab, make the changes you want.
   
   NOTE: To make your changes permanent to the Normal template, click Default. One of the following messages appears:
   Do you want to change the default envelope address font to <font name>, <point size>?
   
   This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template.
   -or-
   Do you want to change the default envelope return address font to <fontname>, <pointsize>?
   
   This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Yes to save your changes. New documents you create use the formatting changes you made to either the Delivery address or Return address.