Message Body Font in Outlook Suddenly Small

I didn't find a working fix easily, so here is what worked for me, just in case someone hasn't offered a working fix.

1. Determine what 'Ribbon' layout you are in. (Mine was in the 'Simplified Ribbon' mode which hides the 'Zoom' button.)
   1. Open the email.
   2. Look for the down arrow at the right-hand side of the ribbon.
   3. Click the down arrow.
2. Ensure you have the the 'Classic Ribbon' option selected.
3. You should now see the 'Zoom' magnifying glass button.
4. Click the 'Zoom' magnifying glass button.
5. Change the 'Percent' to '100'

Hope this helps.

Thank you for this suggestion, the fix worked! My trouble with tiny font in an incoming email happened after I accidentally double clicked on an email and opened the separate window. Went back in, reset the zoom, and my font size is back to what I had it set for.

Hi All!

I stumbled upon the solution by pure happenstance ... it's so dumb!

If you open any email in a separate pane (by double-clicking it), you'll notice that pane has an independent zoom button at the top of the new window:

This zoom button will also change the zoom of your email in the normal reading pane. Somehow mine was set to like 60%, which is why all the text was super tiny. What a dumb setting! No way to change it anywhere else, as far as I can tell 🤦‍♀️

Hopefully this helps someone!

It is hard to explain...even after changing the mail settings - FONT - when you open a new email - the font in the body of the email is microscopic. having to changed the FONT on every single email to simply be able to read it is not a solution. This just started a little over a week or so ago.

I don't have a "reading pane" that opens when I double-click it...I'm talking about the website, not the app.

I am also using Outlook in a web browser and not the Outlook app. I do have the reading pane enabled, though.

So, I am trying to figure out what you are seeing on your screen in hopes that I can help. Are you looking at an individual email in a separate window like below? If so, try clicking the Zoom option at the top (circled in red below) and set it to 100%.

If you don't see a Zoom option, please post a screen capture of what you are seeing.

I have the same issue. Using the outlook web browser, the email folders and messages are normal font but when I open an email in the preview the font size is tiny. Using the zoom tool makes everything in the window bigger to where the folders are 150% just to get the email font to a normal size.

Was there any solution found?