Setting Default Font and Font Size in Microsoft Word via Intune

Question

HI everyone,

I would like to know how to set a default font and font size in Microsoft Word via Intune for a Windows environment. Are there specific steps or settings to apply these configurations in Word through Intune? I’ve tried using a PowerShell script on a local machine, which works fine, but I haven’t been able to get it to work through Intune.

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$templatePath = "$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm"

$word = New-Object -ComObject Word.Application

$word.Visible = $false

try {

if (Test-Path -Path $templatePath) {

    $template = $word.Documents.Open($templatePath)

} else {

    $template = $word.Documents.Add()

    $template.SaveAs([ref] $templatePath, [ref] 1)

}

$style = $template.Styles.Item("Normal")

$style.Font.Name = "Neue Haas Grotesk"

$style.Font.Size = 11

$template.Save()

$template.Close()

} catch {

Write-Error "Problem : $_"

} finally {

$word.Quit()

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($template) | Out-Null

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($word) | Out-Null

Remove-Variable -Name word

Remove-Variable -Name template

}

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force

Thank you for your help.

Best regards,

Answer 1

@Anthony Lauckner Thanks for posting in our Q&A. From your description, did you mean that this script works when you run it manually, but it doesn't work when you deployed it via intune? If there is anything misunderstanding, please correct me.

For this issue, we appreciate your help to collect some information:

1.Please show us the screen shot of Script settings in intune portal.

2.Please try to run the scripts in the System account using the psexec tool locally to check if this script still works.

psexec -i -s

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec

If there is anything update, feel free to let us know.

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