How to change the default text formatting on Google Docs — and with it, your life
A guide that should be brought down from mountain tops on stone tablets
How to change the default formatting on Google Docs
It’s a simple process. First thing you need to do iswrite something with the formatting you want.
It can be a paragraph, a sentence, a couple of words, whatever, really. Just write it and make sure it’s formatted how you’d like. Choose your ideal font, text size, and line spacing in the menu bar.
Next up,select that text.
Then you want to go to theFormatmenu at the top of the screen (it should be just under your document’s title). From there, click onParagraph stylesand navigate toNormal text.
One you’re there,click Update ‘Normal text’ to match.
We’re almost done people, just one more thing.
Go back to theFormatmenu. Then, navigate toParagraph stylesand through toOptions.
Here, you should see something that says “Save as my default styles.”
Click it. CLICK IT SO DAMN HARD.
Now all that’s left to do is open a new Google Doc to see if it worked. And it did, right? And I bet you’re feeling pretty magnificent about life right now.
What’s that? The default Google Docs formatting I went for? Easy: Helvetica Neue, size 12, 1.5 line spacing.
The choice of kings — and overgrown manchildren who have too much time on their grubby hands.
Story byCallum Booth
Callum Booth is a freelance journalist with over a decade of experience. Previously, he was the Managing Editor of TNW, where his reporting(show all)Callum Booth is a freelance journalist with over a decade of experience. Previously, he was the Managing Editor of TNW, where his reporting was cited widely, including in VICE, the FT, and the BBC.
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