{"id":10816,"date":"2022-04-01T11:28:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1383686"},"modified":"2022-04-01T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:28:34","slug":"how-to-change-the-default-text-formatting-on-google-docs-and-with-it-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=10816","title":{"rendered":"How to change the default text formatting on Google Docs \u2014 and with it, your life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have a problem. Not a big one, mind, but one all the same: I dislike the default formatting on Google<\/a> Docs<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cExcuse me?\u201d I hear you scream. \u201cDo you really care enough about fonts and line spacing and text size on a simple word processor to write a whole damn article about it?\u201d<\/p>\n

And the answer to that, dear reader, is a resounding yes.<\/p>\n

I use Google Docs constantly. Seven days a week, 12 hours a day, your boy is thriving in that word processor, hopping from document to document like the metaverse\u2019s dullest Spiderman.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s where I encounter the problem: whenever I open a new Google Doc, it\u2019s formatted in a way I find neither pleasing, useful, or acceptable. You probably know the set up: Arial, a font size of 11, and a 1.15 line spacing. The words unsophisticated and crude barely come close to how this affronts me.<\/p>\n

Yet, foolishly, I accepted this state of affairs for years.<\/p>\n

Yeah, it was a hassle to manually change the default formatting each time I opened a new document, but it wasn\u2019t quite enough of one for me to, you know, actually do<\/em> anything about it. But then the day came when I\u2019d had enough. I could no longer live that way \u2014 like an animal, a fool in a jingly bell hat, a vile little trollman living under a dilapidated bridge.<\/p>\n

And since I changed Google Docs\u2019 default formatting? Bliss. <\/em>And I\u2019d like to offer you a weighty slice of this wonderful feeling.<\/p>\n

How to change the default formatting on Google Docs<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a simple process. First thing you need to do is write something with the formatting you want<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It can be a paragraph, a sentence, a couple of words, whatever, really. Just write it and make sure it\u2019s formatted how you\u2019d like. Choose your ideal font, text size, and line spacing in the menu bar.<\/p>\n

Next up, select that text<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Then you want to go to the Format<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen (it should be just under your document\u2019s title). From there, click on Paragraph styles<\/strong> and navigate to Normal text<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One you\u2019re there, click Update \u2018Normal text\u2019 to match<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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