How do you set the default font?

[jrottgen]

I am using RoboHelp 11. I have imported an old .HLP and I am converting to .CHM.

I am not able to edit the default, or (none) font in project settings >  CSS Styles > Edit:

Since the Formatting section is greyed out, how can you edit this? I need to change my default font to Verdana. i don't seem to be able to edit CSS in Notepad, either.

The Formatting section is also greyed out in the styles pane for (none):

Thank you

[Captiv8r]

Click the Normal setting on the left side. Then you should be able to configure Verdana.

Cheers... Rick

[jrottgen]

Thank you Rick,

I have the Normal style set, but all of my other topics are still in Times New Roman. Currently, the style for all of my topics is set to (none) which is defaulting to Times.

Is there a way to batch apply the font style to all of my topics?

[Peter Grainge]

Not that I can see. Changing styles can be done by Find and Replace, sometimes also using Regular Expressions. However, in this case there is nothing to Find.

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[irina_z]

Hi!
Here's how you can change the font family to Verdana:

1. In Project Manager, right-click your stylesheet (default.css), then click Edit with > HTML Editor.
2. On top of the list, you can see the body block with the font-family specified. Change the value to the font-family you need, and then save the changes (Ctrl+S).

[irina_z]

..And i managed to resolve my own problem with the default font size.

In the body block of the default.css opened in HTML Editor, just insert the following line specifying the default font size:

font-size: XXpt;