Word default font without normal.dot

Hey,
I try to set Microsoft Office Word 2010 X86 default font via group policy.
(So when I open word the new document opens with default font e.g. Arial and font size 11)
Currently we are doing this through 'normal.dot' file, which is copied at every logon to the path %AppData%\Microsoft\Normal.dot .
Unfortunately Normal.dot changes more than just these two settings and some users need to be able to customize some other things stored in normal.dot through their logoff/logons.
How can the default font and font size be set via group policy without using the 'normal.dot'?
I already had a look at the Microsoft Office 2010 adm/admx files but I was not able to find any setting like these.
Thank you for support.

Hi,  
As far as I know, we can’t set the default font and font size for Word without using the normal.dotm.
For more information about this, the following threads can be referred to.
How to change the default font in Word 2010 when using Microsoft Office customization Tool
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/fd04c073-831e-4399-83d0-1779a775d164/how-to-change-the-default-font-in-word-2010-when-using-microsoft-office-customization-tool?forum=officeitproprevious
Defining Office 2010 fonts using GPO's
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/6687fa7d-99da-42ee-8fc9-c18320563613/defining-office-2010-fonts-using-gpos?forum=officesetupdeployprevious
if you still have any question about this, please post your question in the Office forum.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=officeitproprevious
Best Regards,
Erin

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