kworks: Font changes to Helvetica

ABOUT THIS TOPIC
Text copied and pasted into a document may change its font to Helvetica, regardless of the default font. Two solutions are provided below.

SOLUTION FOR SINGLE DOCUMENT
1) With a document open, choose the Format > Show Styles menu.
2) Open the following item in the Styles window:
Available Styles > Default > Text Attributes
3) Text Attributes should state that the Text Font is Helvetica.
4) Highlight the Text Font and then click the Edit button within the Styles window.
5) Move the mouse cursor to the Text > Font in the toolbar menu and select your preferred font. This updates the Text Attributes in the Styles window.
6) Click the Done within the Styles window.

In future when you paste text, it should appear in the chosen font. The topic " Editing styles in the Styles window" in AppleWorks Help describes this procedure in detail.

Thanks to William Roberts for this procedure.

SOLUTION FOR ALL NEW WORD PROCESSING DOCUMENTS
Each document has its own style sheet. So even if you change the Text Attributes in a particular document, it's only fixed for that document.

The solution is to make a default WP (word processing) template with your chosen font saved as the default. The template must be saved with the name of "AppleWorks WP Options" and in the Templates folder. Now when you open a new WP document, you'll avoid the font defaulting to Helvetica.

The topic " Setting up default templates (Options documents) for specific document types" in AppleWorks Help describes this procedure in detail.

Thanks to Rob Moats for this information.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This FAQ is submitted by myself but based on many user messages in the AppleWorks Discussion Forums. Many thanks to those who've supplied this information in the messages posted about this issue.