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Default fonts in Microsoft Works Spreadsheet and Database
With Works Spreadsheet and Works Database, you can set a default font for new spreadsheets and databases under the Font tab of the Format dialog box. This updates a few registry values. Here is a .reg export from the registry editor with the default values for the default values:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Works\9.0\MS Works SS]
"DefaultFont"="12,Times New Roman,roman"
"DefaultStyle"="128"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Works\9.0\MS Works DB]
"DefaultFont"="10,Arial,swiss"
"DefaultStyle"="0"DefaultFont defines the selected font size, font name and font family, in that order, separated with commas. The font family in this case is a value from the FamilyFont enumeration, which specifies a general category of fonts: roman (serif), swiss (sans serif), modern (monospace), script (cursive), decorative (fantasy), or… dontcare.
DefaultStyle is composed of four higher bits used to set the color, and six lower bits used for formatting:
| Bit | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 512 | 256 | 128 | 64 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Usage | Color |
|
Unused | Underline | Italic | Bold | ||||
The available color values are the following:
| Color name | RGB | Value | Offset value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic | — | 0 | 0 |
| Black | 000000 |
1 | 64 |
| Blue | 0000FF |
2 | 128 |
| Turquoise | 00FFFF |
3 | 192 |
| Bright green | 00FF00 |
4 | 256 |
| Pink | FF00FF |
5 | 320 |
| Red | FF0000 |
6 | 384 |
| Yellow | FFFF00 |
7 | 448 |
| Gray 50% | 808080 |
8 | 512 |
| White | FFFFFF |
9 | 576 |
| Dark blue | 000080 |
10 | 640 |
| Teal | 008080 |
11 | 704 |
| Green | 008000 |
12 | 768 |
| Violet | 800080 |
13 | 832 |
| Dark red | 800000 |
14 | 896 |
| Gray 25% | C0C0C0 |
15 | 960 |
In the above table, the value is the actual, decoded value when the DefaultStyle is properly parsed, and the offset value is the value you would see if you were to read the style as a single base 10 integer.
This color palette does not match the usual palette of the more common Windows font selection dialog, as the “dark yellow” option has been sacrificed to leave 0 as the “automatic” color, the default that is just black most of the time but not necessarily all of the time.