i'm probably not the only person who tends to set fonts in preferences for
a number of applications over and over again

this is a serious waste of time, and i'm beginning to think there is
probably a way through the registry:

i figure, the registry has a hierarchical/hive structure
so, wouldn't there be a way to set a common font (i like the lucida
family a lot) at a higher level,
and have that be inherited through the tree?

anyone ever 'investigated' this?

i'd sure like to know

much obliged,

stefaan dot meeuws at gmail dot com

Stefaan Meeuws wrote:

i'm probably not the only person who tends to set fonts in
preferences for a number of applications over and over again

this is a serious waste of time, and i'm beginning to think there is
probably a way through the registry:

How is this an Outlook calendaring question?
--
Brian Tillman

How is this an Outlook calendaring question?

well, i had to set my preference font 504 different times to the _same_
values!

they could _greatly_ reduce that number if they allowed system-wide
default for for instance: 'rules for this view', and 'colunm headings and
rows'

i suspect that somewhere in the registry the fonts for these common view
elements must be stored for sure ..

and if there _were_ a registry trick to this, it would most certainly
work in other situations with other apps as well ..

here's how i got that number 504:

other replies still welcome!

stefaan dot meeuws at gmail dot com

detail: calculation

well, i created many different views ..

calendar : 13
mail : 7
contacts : 8
tasks : 33
notes : 11
--------
72 views
... and for every one of these views i had to run the 'customize view'
panel, and click 2 buttons ..

other settings, for
- colunm font
- row font
- autopreview font

automatic filtering, for
- however many rules that applied for the view in focus (say
average: 4)

total number of fonts to set per view: 7


... to set - time and time again the same fonts (72 * 7 = 504 times [!] )