Edit Typewriter

How can I edit font and size once I've used the typewriter tool in a PDF document...Acrobat 9 Pro.
Thanks

Open the Properties toolbar.
Open the Typewriter toolbar.
Select the typewriter icon. Click once anywhere in a PDF to place the blinky cursor.
Observe, in the Typewriter toolbar, that font selection is now possible. Select the desired font. Select the desired font size.
Make a typewiter entry.
Now, leave the Typewriter tool, with the mouse cursor go to Acrobat's toolbar and click on the Hand tool.
Move the mouse cursor to hover over the Typewriter text entry you made.
Observe that the mouse cursor becomes a filled arrowhead.
Left click once.
Observe the Properties toolbar. A "More..." button is now present at the lower right.
Click on the "More..." button.
In the Properties dialog, under the General tab, select (check) the "Make Properties Default" (bottom middle of the dialog).
Click OK.
To confirm persistence of configuration -
Close out all the toolbars. Close the PDF (save is not necessary). Close Acrobat.
Open Acrobat. Open a PDF. Open the Typewriter toolbar.
Observe that the font and fon size you selected is now Typewriter's default.
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