How do I change the font and size?

I've just started using CorelDraw X7 Student & Home V17.1.0.572 under Win7 x64 Ultimate.

The font I get by default is black Arial 24pt. I changed it to Viner Hand ITC 14pt, colour blue, and ticked Artistic and Paragraph text. When I start to write some text, its blue, but always reverts to Arial 24pt. Its a real bind to have to change it every time.

Any idea what I need to do to get the change to stick?