How do I change the default ruler style settings

I'm very frustrated with the lack of margins in the default ruler settings in cocoa apps. I would MUCH rather have the ability to set my defualt ruler settings including margins, font, size, etc. rather than reset them every time I create a new document. Is this possible? How?
Thanks so much.
Varen

"Cocoa apps" is too broad a category - so the answer to that is "no". There's no system-wide setting for document formatting.
But you may be able to do it for individual apps if you tell us which ones you are using. And even if there is no way to set a preference for a particular app, in general you can create a blank document with the formatting that you want, save it someplace convenient, then in the Finder right-click it, choose "Get Info" and check the "Stationary Pad" option. Then whenever you double-click that document, you'll get a new document with those same settings.
That works with TextEdit, but you need to type a little bit of text for the new margins to stick (for some reason the margins reset to 0 if you leave the document blank).

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