Configure Office to Use the Standard System Font (All Windows)

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Configure Office to Use the Standard System Font (All Windows)
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This setting allows you to configure Microsoft Office to use the standard system font for the user interface instead of the default Office font.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'UseOfficeUIFont' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
UseOfficeUIFont	REG_DWORD	0x00000000 (0)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\[Version]\Common\General

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\[Version]\Common\General]
Name: UseOfficeUIFont
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = system font, 1 = Office font)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: December 18, 2002

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