My outlook ribbon's font size is suddenly massive. How do I change it back to a reasonable size like the rest of the app?

Anonymous
2021-11-15T16:10:54+00:00

I tried changing app text size settings on my computer but this shrunk everything else. I just want to reduce the size of the RIBBON ONLY in my outlook app. No clue why this has happened.

As you can see below, the ribbon is very large but the rest of the app is normal, as it should be. Please help.

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Anonymous
2022-01-17T23:58:15+00:00

Here is a crazy fix that I found...

Seems that when you start Outlook the Ribbon is an inconsistent font to that of the Calendar (which in my case was the correct font). The fix:

  • Open Calendar in a NEW window (right click on the calendar icon on the bottom left of the Outlook form - choose "Open in New Window")
  • Close the Outlook Mail Window. This will leave the Calendar window the only active Outlook window
  • On the Calendar Window - Right Click on the Envelope icon and choose "Open in New Window"

Your font will be restored back to the smaller font..

Crazy but true!!

Remember - if you can't explain it - Feature it!!

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-08-16T11:32:25+00:00

    To anyone else stumbeling onto this. I had this same problem as the poster and figured out that scaling text up then back down in windows settings fixed it.

    1. Open settings.
    2. Find Ease of Access
    3. Find Display
    4. There should be a slider for chaning text size. Max the slider and press apply.
    5. Set the slider back down to default or whatever else you had.
    6. May or may not have to restart but that worked for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-17T23:12:39+00:00

    You the man bobby.

    Microsoft, give this man money or something.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-13T16:28:55+00:00

    Thank you, this was driving me crazy (my font was tiny, not huge, but the fix worked great)! So Microsoft, fix your bug. LOL

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-06T19:20:07+00:00

    Here is a crazy fix that I found...

    Seems that when you start Outlook the Ribbon is an inconsistent font to that of the Calendar (which in my case was the correct font). The fix:

    • Open Calendar in a NEW window (right click on the calendar icon on the bottom left of the Outlook form - choose "Open in New Window")
    • Close the Outlook Mail Window. This will leave the Calendar window the only active Outlook window
    • On the Calendar Window - Right Click on the Envelope icon and choose "Open in New Window"

    Your font will be restored back to the smaller font..

    Crazy but true!!

    Remember - if you can't explain it - Feature it!!

    Robert,

    OMG! Thank you! It has been driving me crazy! All of a sudden, I had this massive ribbon in Outlook. I searched a ton of sites for the fix. Glad I clicked on this thread.

    Also frustrating that it happened overnight, think after an update, and Microsoft doesn't have a simple fix to adjust the ribbon size????

    "Thanks for your post with the picture. However, based on this document: Customize the ribbon in Office, we cannot reduce the size of the ribbon or the size of the icons on the ribbon." Really? Well how the heck did it grow massive?

    Thanks!

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