Index: default_filter.module
===================================================================
--- default_filter.module	(revision 384)
+++ default_filter.module	(working copy)
@@ -207,6 +207,20 @@
     $type = $form['type']['#value'];
     $format = default_filter_retrieve($type);
 
+    // Process cck text fields.
+    if (module_exists('content') && module_exists('text')) {
+      $fields = db_query("SELECT field_name FROM {content_node_field_instance} WHERE type_name = '%s' AND widget_type = '%s'",$type,'text_textarea');
+      while($field = db_fetch_object($fields)) {
+        foreach (element_children($form[$field->field_name]) as $element) {
+          if (isset($form[$field->field_name][$element]['#default_value']['format'])) {
+            $form[$field->field_name][$element]['#default_value']['format'] = $format;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+
+
     //The following two if statements are the result of an anomaly I never figured
     //out but needed to code around. My install used "filter" as the key for the
     //formats, but others' installs used "format". This block looks for each. I've