How to change the default font in LibreOffice

LibreOffice is a good alternative to expensive Microsoft Office and supports a lot of file formats. Unless you require some special features unique to Microsoft Office, LibreOffice is almost a perfect replacement. However, one of the minor annoyances you may encounter is the default font size and font size - how you can change the default font is unclear.

The following instructions show you how to change the default font and font size in LibreOffice so that new custom fonts will be used each time you open a new document.

LibreOffice Writer

It is very easy to change the default font and font size in LibreOffice Writer.

1. Open LibreOffice Writer.

2. Go to Tools> Options .

3. On the left panel, scroll down to LibreOffice Writer> Basic fonts . Here, you can see the default font is Liberation Sans and the font size is 12. You can change the default font to your favorite font. Do the same with the font size.

How to change the default font in LibreOffice Picture 1

You can also change the default font for Heading, Caption, List and Index.

4. Click OK to save the changes.

LibreOffice Calc

The above steps are not applicable to LibreOffice Calc and Impress. How to change the default font and font size will be different in Calc.

1. Open LibreOffice Calc.

2. On the right sidebar, click on the first icon labeled 'Sidebar Settings' and select 'Properties'.

How to change the default font in LibreOffice Picture 2

3. Change the default font and font size, then click the 'Update Selected Style' button .

How to change the default font in LibreOffice Picture 3

How to change the default font in LibreOffice Picture 4

4. Close the Properties window . Next, go to File> Templates> Save as Template .

How to change the default font in LibreOffice Picture 5

5. Name this template and at the bottom, tick the 'Set as default template' box . Click Save to save.

How to change the default font in LibreOffice Picture 6

All operations are completed! The method of changing the default font for LibreOffice Impress is similar to Calc.

Although changing fonts is easy in LibreOffice, changing the default font to something you use often isn't that simple. Hopefully, the steps above can help you work more efficiently when using LibreOffice.

Hope you are succesful.