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
    2023-02-09T23:13:03+00:00

    Jessica,

    I was able to fix my problem. I kept reading to change my scale in display settings, but it was only 100%, so I didn't try to change it. Finally, when I changed it to 175% everything got really really big, but when I changed it back to 100%, everything went back to normal. I didn't think that was my problem, because the only place I was having the issue was in Office, and then it was really just the ribbon (everything else was fine). My documents were fine, the font in my email was fine...I don't know, but it worked for me. You may want to try that.

    Best,

    Windy

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-11-23T10:05:30+00:00

    Thanks Robert,

    Another vote for this crazy but very effective fix! Microsoft support didn't even seem to understand the problem, but 30 seconds of Googling and it's now fixed, thanks to you!

    Regards

    Dan

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-12T08:37:31+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!!

    Worked like a charm for increasing the size of the font and icons on the ribbon. Thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-07-08T00:46:58+00:00

    CRAZY! My font was way too small. I did this, and it fixed it as well.

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