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DefaultFormatType
• DefaultFormatType is an option for cells that determines the format used for displaying expressions in a newly created cell.
• DefaultFormatType is usually defined in the style definition cell for a particular cell style. Its value determines the format type used when a new cell of that style is created.
• Typical settings for DefaultFormatType are: DefaultTextFormatType, DefaultInputFormatType, and DefaultOutputFormatType. Each of these variables is in turn associated with a format type like StandardForm, TraditionalForm, InputForm or OutputForm.
• The values of DefaultTextFormatType, DefaultInputFormatType, and DefaultOutputFormatType are determined by the settings for the suboptions, "Text", "Input" and "Output" respectively, of the option CommonDefaultFormatTypes. For example, suppose you set CommonDefaultFormatTypes 
{"Input" StandardForm}. This means that any cell style that has DefaultFormatType DefaultInputFormatType, will use StandardForm.
• See also: CommonDefaultFormatTypes, StandardForm, TraditionalForm, OutputForm.
