How to change Ribbon font size in Outlook in windows 7/8/10? In the desktop, right click to display context menu, click Display Settings. Then in the Settings window, drag button in Change the size of text, apps, and other items: section to resize the ribbon font. Click Apply to take it effect.
When you compose, reply to, or forward an email message, and the message body (including the text) appears larger or smaller than the size that you typically see, you might have changed the zoom view setting.
Newer versionsOffice 2010Office 2007
The zoom affects only the current item. When you select another item or folder, the Reading Pane returns to the default 100% size.
There are two ways to temporarily increase or decrease the zoom level in the Outlook Reading Pane.
- Use the Zoom control at the right, bottom of the Outlook window.
- If you are using a mouse with a wheel control, click the Reading Pane, press Ctrl, and roll the scroll wheel. Rolling the wheel away from you makes the contents larger, rolling the wheel toward you makes the contents smaller.
If you want to persist your zoom setting, this is now possible if you have Outlook, version 1901 or higher, as part of an Office 365 subscription. To set a zoom percentage, click on % at the bottom right corner of the Zoom control.
After clicking %, pick a zoom percentage, and then check the box marked Remember my preference.
When you compose, reply, or forward an email there is also a new option for setting the zoom preference.
- Compose a New Email.
- Select Format Text > Zoom.
- Set the Zoom to 100% (or your preferred percentage) and select OK.
Note: You can’t change the text size for the Reading Pane header.
When the zoom view is changed, the setting is persistent on all future messages you compose, reply to, or forward.
Note: The zoom view setting doesn't affect how recipients will see the message. Messages always open at 100-percent zoom view size.
To adjust the contents when you are composing or reading a message, you have two options — use your mouse wheel button or the Zoom command on the ribbon. You can also change the size of contents in the Reading Pane.
Use a mouse wheel button to change the zoom
If you are using a mouse with a wheel control, you can use the wheel button to zoom in on, or out of, the body of a message.
- Click the message body.
- Press and hold CTRL while you rotate the wheel button to zoom in or out.
Use the ribbon controls to change the zoom
The zoom level of the message view can be changed in the ribbon.
- Click the message body.
- On the Message tab, in the Format group, click Zoom.
- In the Zoom dialog box, under Zoom to, click 100% for the default size, or use the other options to specify a custom zoom size.
Change the size of contents in the Reading Pane
To change the size of contents in the Reading Pane, use the zoom slider control at the bottom of the window.
The zoom resets automatically to 100% when another item is selected. There is no way to permanently set the zoom level.
When the zoom view is changed, the setting is persistent on all future messages you compose, reply to, or forward.
Note: The zoom view setting doesn't affect how recipients will see the message. Messages are always opened at 100-percent zoom view size.
Use a mouse wheel button to change the zoom
If you are using a mouse with a wheel control, you can use the wheel button to zoom in on, or out of, the body of a message.
- Click the message body.
- Press and hold CTRL while you rotate the wheel button to zoom in or out.
Use the ribbon controls to change the zoom
The zoom level of the message view can be changed in the ribbon.
- Click the message body.
- On the Format tab, in the Zoom group, click Zoom.
- In the Zoom dialog box, under Zoom to, click 100% for the default size, or use the other options to specify a custom zoom size.
Note: When the zoom view is changed, the setting is persistent on all future messages you compose, reply to, or forward.
Microsoft Outlook's default font for composing and reading messages is set to a small Calibri or Arial font. If this is not your preference, you can change the default font for messages in Outlook to anything you want. Smaller, fancier, bigger, or conventional fonts—you're only limited by the fonts installed on your system.
Instructions in this article apply to Outlook versions 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, and Outlook for Office 365, as well as the web-based Outlook.com.
Change Fonts in Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, and Outlook for Office 365
Follow these steps to change the default font in Outlook 2016, 2013, and 2010.
If you are working in Outlook 2010, your screens will differ in appearance, but the menu options, locations, and functionality are the same.
- Select the Mail category on the left side.
- Select Stationery and Fonts.
- Select Font under each of the sections you want to change:
- New mail messages changes the default font in emails.
- Replying or forwarding messages changes the font used whenever you respond or forward an email.
- Composing and reading plain text messages changes how plain text messages appear to you only; plain text messages sent to others remain in plain text for the recipients.
If you already have a theme or stationery set up, you can choose Theme and then the (No Theme) option to disable it. - Choose your preferred font, style, size, color, and effect.
- Select OK once to finish and then twice more to close out of the Signatures and Stationery window and Outlook's options.
Change Fonts in Outlook 2007 and 2003
Changing default fonts in Outlook 2007 and 2003 is a very similar process. The screenshots below are for Outlook 2007, and any differences in Outlook 2003 will be noted.
- Go into the Tools > Options menu.
- Click Stationery and Fonts.
- Click Font under New mail messages, Replying or forwarding messages, and Composing and reading plain text messages to choose the desired font styles, sizes, and colors.In Outlook 2003: Click Choose Font for When composing a new message, When replying and forwarding, and When composing and reading plain text.
- In Outlook 2003: If stationery is set as the default under Use this stationery by default, the font specified in it may override the font you have just chosen. You can either modify the stationery to include your favorite font or set Outlook to ignore fonts that are specified in the stationery altogether.
- Click OK to close the Options menu.If you set a default color for replies and forwarded emails, but Outlook refuses to use it, try setting up a default signature.
- Your default font features should now be permanently changed.
Change the New Message Default Font on Outlook.com
You can change your outgoing message fonts on Outlook.com by following these steps. Unfortunately, you can't change the default font for messages displayed on Outlook.com the way you can in the software versions of Outlook.
- Select Settings > View all Outlook settings.
- Under Message format, select the font dropdown and choose the new default font you want to use. You can also change the default font size; set bold, italics, and underline for text; and choose your default font color.
- New messages composed on Outlook.com will now use your chosen default font choices.
If you want to change the font options for only a single message, you can do this while composing the email. At the bottom of the window in which you're writing the message you'll find many options for changing the appearance of your text. These settings will apply to this email only.