change excel 2003 default font permanently

this describes how to change default font in excel 2003

• start excel 2003
• in the menu click tools and click properties
• in the options window click general tab
• under standard font select your desired font
• you can also specify the default font size
• now click ok
• you will see the message that prompt by the excel program, it will remind you to restart excel to changes go into effect
• so go ahead and restart excel
• you can see the selected font as a default font (also the font size)