Default font

Why does my font keep going back to Arial 24pt. I keep changing it to to my technical 14 and even on a page that I have been using that font, it will change back. I have tried saving my workspace to correct the problem and nothing seems to work. In CD5 there was a Document page that you could set up all the fonts and bullets, etc. This is missing from 8. And don't get me started on how bad 19 is.
Also, I love to know why I have to go back to the beginning every time I open CorelDraw on the connect docker. I don't use any files other than what is on my machine and this whole system of trying to connect you to the web, etc is just annoying and time consuming to have to set it up all over again. I end up keeping the program open all the time to avoid this.

Thanks for any help,
O