You can change the default Character Encoding in Notepad from UTF-8 to ANSI, UTF-16 LE, UTF-16 BE, UTF-8 BOM. using Registry Editor.

How to Set a Default Font in Microsoft Word. After initial installation, Microsoft Word typically uses Times New Roman serif font as its default.

Say it ain’t so, Calibri. I’ve always favored Microsoft’s default Word font—much more so than Times New Roman, at least, which Microsoft replaced with Calibri way back in Office 2007. And ...