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jcpal
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December 7, 2009
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FM9: Default Font

  • December 7, 2009
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Is there a way I can change the default font on all of my documents without having to open each document?

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    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    December 7, 2009

    If you also want to specify tthat FM subsitute unkown fonts for your desired default font, then you need to modify the maker.ini entry for:

    DeafultFamily=Times New Roman, Tms Rmn

    If you're talking about existing documents, then there is no "default" font per se. All fonts are define in the catalog entries. You would need to create a template file with your desired fonts defined in your tags and import that template into your documents.

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    Mike Wickham
    Inspiring
    December 7, 2009

    Is there a way I can change the default font on all of my documents

    without having to open each document?

    If you are talking about changing the default font for future new documents,

    open the file fminit\custom (note that it has no extension) and change the

    font there, then save the file. Close and reopen FrameMaker. Future new

    documents will have the specified font as default.

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    V_Igel
    Known Participant
    February 16, 2011

    How do you open the fminit/custom file? It is blank when I open it in FrameMaker and garbage when I open it in a text editor.

    Thanks,

    Victoria

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    February 17, 2011

    The fminit\custom file is just a FM file without the file extension. You said that you've already opened it. There is no content, only definitons for tags and tables (and reference frames). You need to change the fonts used in the defined tags via the designers.

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