Message Body Font in Outlook Suddenly Small

Anonymous
2024-02-28T18:37:55+00:00

Yesterday my Outlook updated to a new version. The text of the message body is so small it is useless in the preview pane. The subject line font is huge while the message body font is tiny. What do I have to do to make the fonts the same size? I have tried accessibility text font changes that make it worse. I tried large, medium and small in outlook and it has no effect on the message body font. Preview pane image included. Thank you for your support. I have Windows 11.

Regards,

Tim

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-11T13:38:26+00:00

    There is no Settings on my Outlook page. Where are we starting? The zoom slider on the bottom right does not work. Control + does nothing. I can change the font size in messages but the list of emails is still tiny. I have set my monitor to have large icons and increased the overall font size, but the Outlook is still so tiny I can barely read it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-10T15:07:46+00:00

    Hi! This is my issue as well. But I did wish to thank Rita for trying with a good heart and intention.

    I inadvertently clicked in the body of my email shrinking the font size to almost nothing. All other font settings remained the same in the list of emails and other apps. I tried Rita's fix, but that worked for ALL fonts. Will keep following the threads. Thanks to everyone for trying to help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-09T20:18:08+00:00

    I’m experiencing a similar issue, the email displays correctly with the proper font size, but when I reply or forward it, the email body shrinks to an almost microscopic size, and I haven’t been able to find a solution.

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    reply or forward email

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T03:12:45+00:00

    Fabulous! My zoom setting was 50%. Why oh why can we not change the zoom setting of the reading pane unless we open it in a separate window? Very user unfriendly....

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-06T02:04:13+00:00

    Glad it helped.

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