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On Tuesday, July 27, 2021 11:51 AM, TeXmacs <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 04:36:33PM -0000, address@hidden wrote:
> > New to TeXmacs, and resident in the US. I would like the default page size to
> > be US Letter. Right now it comes up as A4 every time I open a new document.
> > Preferences doesn't seem to mention this.  
> >
> > How do I set a default page size? In fact how to I change the default settings
> > for a new document, like font, pointsize?  
>
> The easiest "user friendly" way to do this is to create your personal style file
> or style package with all the customizations that you need.
>
> From an empty newly created document, just perform all the customizations
> that you wish to do and then use
>
>     Tools -> Macros -> Extract style file		or
>     Tools -> Macros -> Extract style package
>
> Save your style file into the directory ~/.TeXmacs/styles
> (use ~/.TeXmacs/packages for style packages).
> You may also save the file into the same directory
> as the document that uses it.
>
> The advantage of a style package is that it can be combined with
> other document styles.
>
> You can next enable your style file/package for any of your documents
> using Document -> Style (-> Add package).
>
> A less user friendly alternative is to write some Scheme code that
> does your customizations when opening a new file.
>
> Best wishes, --Joris

OK, thanks! I will use your suggestions to arrive at a solution.