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# Google Docs: Save time by setting a Default Font!
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-65/
- Published: 2023-01-13T01:00:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T13:11:18.000Z
- Description: #65
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Google Docs

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## Onto this week’s productivity tip

- The default font in Google Docs is Arial, how boring 🥱
- If you find yourself constantly switching to something else when starting a new document, you might want to change your default font!

## 📸 Instructions

First, type out a sentence and change it to a font that you like (I’ve always been a fan of Verdana, let me know your go-to font [in the comments](https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-65/#ghost-comments-root))

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/01/image-21.png)

Then, **highlight the sentence with the new font** and navigate to:

- Format > Paragraph Styles > Normal Text > Update Normal Text to Match

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/01/image-22.png)

Then, navigate back to:

- Format > Paragraph Styles > Options > Save as my default styles

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/01/image-23.png)

To test this out, type "doc.new" in your browser's address bar, hit <Enter> and your default font should be updated!

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## ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut

- Highlight a word or sentence and press CMD+OPTION+M to insert a comment in Google Docs (CTRL+ALT+M for Windows users)

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