---
title: Set Trace Display Defaults
titleSuffix: SQL Server Profiler
description: Explore the tool options that SQL Server Profiler uses by default in traces, such as the font type, size, and style, and learn how to adjust them.
author: markingmyname
ms.author: maghan
ms.date: 03/01/2017
ms.service: sql
ms.subservice: profiler
ms.topic: conceptual
---

# Set Trace Display Defaults (SQL Server Profiler)

 [!INCLUDE [SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance](../../includes/applies-to-version/sql-asdbmi.md)]

This topic describes how to set tool options, which specify the font types, size, and style that [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)] uses to display traces in the trace window. You can also specify that [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)] displays all dates and times with the regional settings that are configured for your operating system.  
  
### To set trace display defaults  
  
1.  On the **Tools** menu, click **Options**.  
  
2.  In the **General Options** dialog box, click **Choose Font**.  
  
3.  In the **Font** dialog box, select the **Font**, the **Font style**, and **Size** to be used by [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)] to display traces.  
  
4.  Click **OK**to apply the settings and close the **Font** dialog box.  
  
5.  In the **General Options** dialog box, check **Use regional settings to display date and time values** to configure [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)] to use the regional settings that are configured for your system when it displays traces.  
  
6.  Click **OK** to close the **General Options** dialog box.  
  
## See Also  
 [SQL Server Profiler](../../tools/sql-server-profiler/sql-server-profiler.md)