Fonts in e-mails in Outlook

[Tedrick]

For some reason, the default aerial font in my Outlook e-mails has become
really tiny. I use Word as the default e-mail editor, and although all the
fonts on the incoming e-mails are fine, when I reply or create a new e-mail
the font is really small, even though in the font drop down menu at the top
it says the font is 12 point, and even after I select all the text and try
and change it. I have made no changes to "Headings" or anything like that
and when I edit ordinary Word documents, they are fine. All other font
settings on the computer have not changed and I have no other font problems.
So far, the only way to make the fonts bigger so that I can read them is to
force the font in the e-mail to 18 point. (Outlook is part of Office XP)

Any help gratefully received.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Since you are using Word as the editor, check your zoom settings on replies
and forwards.

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After furious head scratching, Tedrick asked:

| For some reason, the default aerial font in my Outlook e-mails has
| become really tiny. I use Word as the default e-mail editor, and
| although all the fonts on the incoming e-mails are fine, when I reply
| or create a new e-mail the font is really small, even though in the
| font drop down menu at the top it says the font is 12 point, and even
| after I select all the text and try and change it. I have made no
| changes to "Headings" or anything like that and when I edit ordinary
| Word documents, they are fine. All other font settings on the
| computer have not changed and I have no other font problems. So far,
| the only way to make the fonts bigger so that I can read them is to
| force the font in the e-mail to 18 point. (Outlook is part of Office
| XP)
|
| Any help gratefully received.

 

[Tedrick]

Dear Milly,

Ha, so simple! That did the trick - thank you very much.