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From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Changing default font in WriteNow 2.2
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Date: 1 Apr 91 23:07:08 GMT
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In article <1991Apr1.212752.855@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> chai@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Ian Chai) writes:
#>In article <1991Mar31.054934.10890@zip.eecs.umich.edu> lagana@sparky.eecs.umich.edu (Antonio A Lagana) writes:
#>>WriteNow 2.2, or for that matter anyone who knows.  Is there a way to change
#>>the default font (Geneva 12)?  If so, how is this done?
#>Open a blank document and change the font to the desired one, then
#>save it as Stationery in the same folder as WriteNow.
#>
#>Ian Chai        Internet: chai@cs.ukans.edu

The above is a special case of what we usually call a shell.
There's no reason to leave the shell or Stationery document
in the same folder as WriteNow. Leave it anywhere you intend
to use it most. In general, I make shells for a variety of specialized
documents: memos, letters, faxes, etc. You can not only set the
font but the interline spacing (leading) and leave in constants
such as the (updating) date, header/footer, margins, etc.

However you do it, you have to remember to do a Save As in
order to leave your shell unchanged. Naturally, this technique
works for any Mac application.

Steve Goldfield