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anat0l

Why oh why Microsoft have you gone sans serif mad?

In case everyone thinks I'm a loonatic, the default font in Microsoft Office
2007 is no longer 12 pt Times New Roman. It's 11 pt Calibri, a new font that
looks very much like ClearType Tahoma crossed with Lucida Sans. Looks very
sleek, but let's be serious here.

Everyone knows that a serif font almost always is more preferable for body
text than a sans serif font. That is why Times New Roman has been the
mainstay of publications for ages now. Worse than that, although I love the
idea of style sets in Word 2007 (which means I can now define custom sets of
styles for different documents and different impacts), the styles in the set
do not include one with Times New Roman. They're all Calibri!

Of course I could set them all up with Times New Roman...but that's more
work to do.... :(

Does anyone concur with me here?

Apart from that, the new UI is looking fantastic and oh so sexy. Ribbons are
a great idea, as is DOCX & DOCM. (I'd like to see how DOCX & DOCM work when
OLE stuff is thrown into it, viz. pictures, diagrams, Visio's, equations,
etc. FYI I am an Engineering student, so multi-OLE stuffed documents which
come on the verge of crashing Word all the time are no stranger to me.)
 
H

Harlan Grove

anat0l wrote...
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Everyone knows that a serif font almost always is more preferable for body
text than a sans serif font. . . .
Click to expand...

Depends on whether most computer-generated output is read on screen or
in printed form. There are studies that show sans serif fonts are more
readable on screen. That'd include reading PDF copies of hardcopy
publications.
Does anyone concur with me here?
Click to expand...
....

Depends on context.

If you're and engineering student, shouldn't you be able to figure out
how to write VBA code to change all the built-in styles to use serif
fonts?
 
B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Anat,

Be sure to also send your feedback and suggestions directly to the MS Office 2007 team using the feedback tool from the link below.

There is a font set (Home->Styles=>Change Styles=>Fonts) that uses Arial for Headings and Times New Roman for body text. That would
be the same defaults as in prior Word versions.

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Why oh why Microsoft have you gone sans serif mad?

In case everyone thinks I'm a loonatic, the default font in Microsoft Office
2007 is no longer 12 pt Times New Roman. It's 11 pt Calibri, a new font that
looks very much like ClearType Tahoma crossed with Lucida Sans. Looks very
sleek, but let's be serious here.

Everyone knows that a serif font almost always is more preferable for body
text than a sans serif font. That is why Times New Roman has been the
mainstay of publications for ages now. Worse than that, although I love the
idea of style sets in Word 2007 (which means I can now define custom sets of
styles for different documents and different impacts), the styles in the set
do not include one with Times New Roman. They're all Calibri!

Of course I could set them all up with Times New Roman...but that's more
work to do.... :(

Does anyone concur with me here?

Apart from that, the new UI is looking fantastic and oh so sexy. Ribbons are
a great idea, as is DOCX & DOCM. (I'd like to see how DOCX & DOCM work when
OLE stuff is thrown into it, viz. pictures, diagrams, Visio's, equations,
etc. FYI I am an Engineering student, so multi-OLE stuffed documents which
come on the verge of crashing Word all the time are no stranger to me.) >>
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS for the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :)
the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net
 
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