I prefer to use Times New Roman or even Calibri Fonts to the Aptos Font

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I prefer to use Times New Roman or even Calibri Fonts to the Aptos Font

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This Aptos font is terrible. I have Dyslexia and it is very hard to read as the lower case j and l looks identical to me and the letters look squished together. Time New Roman is the easiest for me to read but Calibri is acceptable. In word and Excell you can change the default but each time you guys update something it changes back. Outlook seems to change back randomly. Also your notices etc. are in it as well. I am sure somebody got a bonus for developing this fault but you should take the bonus back and give it to the poor.

Is there a way it can be removed from the system or simply removed from all defaults permanently?

Also, how can I make it default on PowerPoint? The instructions that come with asking Help in PowerPoint do not work as there is option to set the font as default in the font window. You can only do it through changing the slide master which resets back to Aptos when you open a new presentation.

Seriously, this is as bad is when Apple put a terrible U2 album on every body's iPhone and you could not get rid of it for several weeks.

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Answer 1

I agree that Microsoft was downright rude to do this. They changed the fonts in the Office Theme to Aptos without any notice.

Try using the Word 2003 Theme under the Design tab. You would want to apply that to your Normal.dotm template.

It uses TNR for body text and Arial Black for headings.

If, using the default Office Theme, you change the Theme fonts you could do that as well. Then save the "new" Theme using the name Office.

See also:

Change Default Settings by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP

Answer 2

I guess it was a Custom one I created. Here it is. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qeb7bbf5lsdj9cnu2n64v/Office-2003.zip?rlkey=0dufaxyny8415mq77qvsnob01&dl=0

I currently have 31 Built-In Themes in 365, but Office 2003 is listed under the custom ones.

(I think that the latest Office only has thirteen).

If anyone cares for it, this is a link to my collection of Themes. It is a link to a DropBox folder.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/uy6q91fj0szwb2hc1t30z/AJneOCBGBP_CM4j-yJRXy-4?rlkey=2043riasd4dim69sl1ndy7qpl&dl=0

Most of them came from Doug Robbins' Word Themes - OneDrive.

The folder that has the most Themes is the Office 2015 (beta).

Answer 3

Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K MVP Volunteer Moderator

I'm not finding an Office 2003 theme in Microsoft 365:

There is, however, an Arial-Times New Roman theme that could be adapted. FWIW, Office 2003 does not use Arial Black for headings, just Arial Bold.

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Answer 4

To add to what Charles has said, I would recommend either defining a custom Theme or at least explicitly set a default font, which will prevent any future changes to the default "Office" Theme from affecting your documents.

P.S. I agree with Charles that changing an existing Theme is bad practice. Microsoft could have added a new Theme called "Office 2024" or something like that.

Answer 5

Dear jet hays

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused. Currently, the Aptos font is only set as the default in the preview version of Office. In the official release, it only appears if the "Connected Experiences" option is enabled, and it does not become the default font. However, in the preview version, even if you disable all options under "Connected Experiences", the Aptos font remains the default.

To avoid further disruption, we recommend opting out of the preview program and switching back to the official release of Office. This is because modifying templates in PowerPoint currently has no effect—even after changing the slide master, new presentations still default to Aptos.

Additionally, you mentioned: "Also your notices etc. are in it as well." Could you clarify whether this refers to in-app notifications or system-level messages? If it’s system-related, have you also updated your Windows OS to a preview version? If so, we suggest temporarily reverting to the official Windows release as well.

To switch back to the official version, you’ll first need to leave the Office Insider program. You can do this by opening any Office app, clicking "File" in the top-left corner, and following the steps highlighted in the red boxes and arrows in the reference image below.

Then uncheck all selected options in the dialog box below, and click "OK".

After completing the above steps, the next step is to roll back the version by performing the following operations:

Open the link and find the version you want to revert to, such as the October 31 version, and make a note of the version number: 18526.20168

close all the Office software, in the "Start menu" in the search for "Command Prompt" (or "cmd"), right-click and select "Run as administrator";
In the command prompt, enter the following code after the carriage return

cd %programfiles% \Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun

Then type

Officec2rclient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0. 18526.20168

18526.20168 is the version number of the version you want to roll back to.

The download can take a long time, in our tests we successfully reverted to an older version after an hour of downloading.

If the above rollback steps don't work, you'll need to uninstall Office and then reinstall the official release. Before reinstalling, if you're using Outlook configured with IMAP or POP protocols, make sure to back up your data first to prevent any data loss.

Best Regards,

Yujun.F-MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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