Default Spot Color Palette

Hello,

I am trying to set up my CorelDraw x6 workspace so that the default spot color palette is set to Pantone solid coated.

I go to:
Tools > Options (or Customization)  > Global > Color
 > set "Default spot color palette" to "PANTONE solid coated"

Unfortunately this seems to be ignored by x6.

Every time i want to change from a CMYK color to Pantone i must do the following:

1) select the object
2) double click the color chip adjacent to the Fill icon in the Status Bar
3) which brings up:

4) from here I select the Palettes tab (if it is not already selected)
5) then select from the Palette drop down menu:
SPOT > PANTONE > PANTONE+ > Solid Coated

This is a very clumsy and inefficient way to work as I must do this EVERY time I want to change from CMYK to Pantone.

Is there any way to get x6 to operate correctly or is there something I am missing?
Thanks