MambaJack,
Find normal.dot, change the default font in there (it's in the Standard profile) and save normal.dot again.
The top three hits in http://www.google.com/search?&q=word+normal.dot+%22default+font%22 offer an excellent explanation.
Hope this helps.
Kees
How do you change the default font on new docs in Word 2003? I bet it's very simple but I haven't found the way.
Thanks

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