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Home > Products > Excel > Excel 2003 Help and How-to > Startup and Settings > Installing and Customizing > Changing Defaults and Settings

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Change the default font in Excel

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003

On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the General tab, click a font in the Standard font box.
In the Size box, type or click a font size.

Note You must restart Microsoft Office Excel to begin using the new default font and font size. The new default font and font size are used only in new workbooks that you create after you restart Excel. Existing workbooks are not affected.