is a global option that specifies which notebook is used as a template for all new notebooks.


DefaultNotebook
is a global option that specifies which notebook is used as a template for all new notebooks.
Details

- The default notebook determines the properties of new notebooks, such as the appearance of the scroll bars and frame and whether the toolbar and ruler are visible.
- The default setting is DefaultNotebook->"DefaultTemplate.nb".
See Also
Menu Items: New
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), DefaultNotebook, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNotebook.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "DefaultNotebook." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNotebook.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). DefaultNotebook. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNotebook.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_defaultnotebook, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DefaultNotebook}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNotebook.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_defaultnotebook, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DefaultNotebook}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNotebook.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}