Can I permanently increase the font size in the reader pane of Outlook?

So apparently there is a way to change the "zoom" level in the reading pane - parentally.

See this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yfyy5Xfl4k&t=2s

All you have to do is while you are looking at an email in reading pane - increase the zoom level from bottom right section, adjust to the percentage of your liking, and then double click the percentage - a small window will pop - in that click / check "remember my preference" and all your emails will appear with that level of magnification in your reading pane.

Hope this helps.

Thank you,

Mehul

For those following the thread, I did try the accessibility / stationery and font change, but not seeing a difference. Go to FILE (scroll down to OPTIONS), go to Accessibility - go to Stationery and Fonts - select composing and reading plain text messages. You can select font and size there, but I'm not seeing a difference yet after increasing it. Maybe I need to restart computer, not sure. But I think there should be something added on to this screen for just Reading emails.

there is'n options 'remember my preference' :( (Outlook v.2023)

I understand there is a workaround for this by zooming a message...clicking on the percentage...which is clearly not intuitive (that answer buried lower in this page should be at the top) and setting it as a preference, but that does not address the root issue which is the reading pane portion of the application is completely ignoring any operating system accessibility settings. I see websites sued weekly over minor accessibility issues and yet Microsoft has ignored this issue for a year with no consequences and it has been reported multiple times.

However, thank you so much for bringing this to our attention, your suggestion is very helpful, and I believe it could make the use of Outlook even better. We will surely raise your concerns to our Product Development Team and hopefully this can be included in the future updates.

I would like to add my voice to those calling for the ability to permanently increase the font size in the reading pane. Thank you!