set font in registry?

[Stefaan Meeuws]

i'm probably not the only person who tends to set fonts in preferences for
a number of applications over and over again

this is a serious waste of time, and i'm beginning to think there is
probably a way through the registry:

i figure, the registry has a hierarchical/hive structure
so, wouldn't there be a way to set a common font (i like the lucida
family a lot) at a higher level,
and have that be inherited through the tree?

anyone ever 'investigated' this?

i'd sure like to know

much obliged,

stefaan dot meeuws at gmail dot com

 

[Brian Tillman]

i'm probably not the only person who tends to set fonts in
preferences for a number of applications over and over again

this is a serious waste of time, and i'm beginning to think there is
probably a way through the registry:

How is this an Outlook calendaring question?

 

[Stefaan Meeuws]

How is this an Outlook calendaring question?

well, i had to set my preference font 504 different times to the _same_
values!

they could _greatly_ reduce that number if they allowed system-wide
default for for instance: 'rules for this view', and 'colunm headings and
rows'

i suspect that somewhere in the registry the fonts for these common view
elements must be stored for sure ..

and if there _were_ a registry trick to this, it would most certainly
work in other situations with other apps as well ..

here's how i got that number 504:

other replies still welcome!

stefaan dot meeuws at gmail dot com

well, i created many different views ..

calendar : 13
mail : 7
contacts : 8
tasks : 33
notes : 11
--------
72 views
... and for every one of these views i had to run the 'customize view'
panel, and click 2 buttons ..

other settings, for
- colunm font
- row font
- autopreview font

automatic filtering, for
- however many rules that applied for the view in focus (say
average: 4)

total number of fonts to set per view: 7


... to set - time and time again the same fonts (72 * 7 = 504 times [!] )