Reverting Aptos +body/+headings font back to Calibri, or using any other font

Anonymous
2024-01-11T01:32:12+00:00

At some point in the last couple of days, the default +body/+headings font on my copy of Office 365 changed to the Aptos font. I honestly find it a bit hard to read, and I'd rather choose my default body font from a choice of whatever fonts I have installed. Failing that, I'd take Calibri again. The Aptos font reminds me a lot of

Since this affects all Office products, I can't say go into Outlook and change the stationery fonts; this doesn't impact the Reading Pane. It also wouldn't impact say Word, where I'd have to come up with my own document template to override the change. It doesn't seem to be a registry edit or template file edit, either. Is there a spot that the Aptos font can be changed?

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  1. Stefan Blom 351.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-11-22T15:54:46+00:00

    To make the text appear larger, increase the text zoom. This can be done for emails that you are composing as well as for emails that you are reading (in the preview pane).

    In a new email which is open in a separate window, go to the Format Text tab and click Zoom. In the dialog box, choose the value you prefer.

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    Similarly, to change the zoom in email messages that you are viewing, use the Zoom While Reading dialog box to set the preferred zoom. To display the dialog box, click the zoom control on the bottom right of your Outlook window.

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  2. Stefan Blom 351.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-10-17T09:49:10+00:00

    In Outlook, for the Set as Default command to be available on the Change Styles drop down, the insertion point must be in the main body of an email that you are composing. The command will be grayed out if you click in the "To" field, for example.

    You would also want to make sure that the mail format is HTML (rather than plain text).

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-10-03T03:22:44+00:00

    This is the dumbest thing EVER.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-16T13:16:25+00:00

    It is so sad that Microsoft has chosen the Aptos font as the new norm!!! It is difficult to read and hard on my eyes.

    I have set Calibri as my default font in Outlook, Word, and Excel, but have found that MANY times, especially when using the paste function the text is pasted in Aptos.

    Could I remove the Aptos font from all Microsoft products without causing other problems? If so, how do I do that?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-09-06T14:19:49+00:00

    My team is using Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides 80% of the time now. It's much easier.

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