IncludeText field font size

[SeanP]

I have a dynamic document which pulls a lot of its text from IncludeText
fields from text files. No matter what I do the text always comes out as 10
pt font, I need it to be 8pt. I always have to reformat after all the fields
are populated. Is there a switch so that they come down 8pt? I have all the
fields set to /* MERGEFORMAT. But when the files recreated, and the fields
are updated, they are 10pt again. I guess I could write a macro to reformat
them but that seems redundant

 

[Laura]

Hi Sean,

Have you tried setting the Normal Style to 8pts. font for the document?

If you need instructions for modifying the style please reply with the
version of Word you're using.

Good Luck,
Laura

 

[Laura]

Hi Sean,

Have you tried setting the Normal Style to 8pts. font for the document?

If you need instructions for modifying the style please reply with the
version of Word you're using.

Good Luck,

Laura

 

[SeanP]

Currently I am using Word 2003, and yeah how to change that might help. I am
assuming that it won't alter the rest of the doc which has already been
formatted correctly, just the things it updates automatically?

 

[SeanP]

Ok yeah I have been playing with the styles and fonts and such, but when I
change default on the fonts dialog it changes the formatting of he whole
document. How can I change the default font of the document without
affecting my existing formatting?

 

[SeanP]

Found it, for anyone interested you can go to the format menu and then select
Styles and formatting. If you choose "Show formatting in use" It will list
all of the available formatting in your document. Click on the applicable
formatting (in my case it was Plain Text), then click on the drop down and
select modify, there you can set the formatting for that part of you document