How do I change the default font for incoming mail messages?

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Mary,

I've tried your suggested solution but there's not a section to change the
font for the incoming messages. The only choices I have are :
- Composing a new message
- Replying and forwarding
- composing and reading plain text

I'm am on Outlook 2003 and using Word as my e-mail editor. I really am
desperate to find a solution - we're wasting a lot of paper printing orders
that only need to be on one page, but can't get the font size smaller.

Any help or suggestions you have would be appreciated.

Tina Kopko
Kyle Design
 
I'm having exactly the same problem. Maybe by just changing the screen
resolution from 800X600 pixels would work!
 
it sounds like she wants to print them on one page and changing the screen
resolution won't help with that. Changing the fonts in tools, options, mail
format should fix it for plain text messages, but html usually is hardcoded.

It may help to look in the print properties and adjust the margins.
 
Hi Lori,

Try this:
1. In Outlook, Click on View- Arrange By- Current View - Customize Current
View.
2. Click Other Settings.
3. Click on Row Font.
4. Choose the font, font style and size that you want.
5. Click OK.
6. Click OK again.

Fofo
 
FoFo:

From what I can tell, Fofo's explanation helps to increase font size when
you are looking at the "main email page" in outlook, however it does not
actually change or increase the font size for incoming messages. From what I
can tell, the font size for incoming emails will be based on the senting the
sender has on their computer.

Therefore, the saga contiunes.
 
You're welcome! :-)
If they made their application and help-files perfect, I would need to find
another hobby ;-)
 
I never used Word for my mail but I was able to change the font for the
incoming mail. It must have been on an 8 and I put it on 12. Using word, it
can be changed as low as an 8, which is pretty small for my eyes. It doesn't
matter what the person that sent you the mail is using, you can change your
computers font. I followed Fofo instructions and it worked fine. Now I can
see my incoming mail fine.
Betty
 
I didn't notice the date on this post. I am sure that Lori has her problem
solved by now. Betty
 
When I opened my email, the incoming mail was like a font size 8 but the
message itself, was a 10 or 12. Because that is the way I had it set but
didn't know how to set the incoming mail. I followed Fofo instructions and
now when the top pane tells me there is new messages, they are set at the
number I choose, which is a 10. If the sender of that message, had real bad
vision, and used a 14 or bigger font size, it would not come into my mail box
as a 14. It will come in with the font size that I selected. Otherwise, if I
have 10 people on my mailing list and each one of them has their font set at
10 different font sizes, then my incoming mail would come in as 10 different
sizes. Fofo's instructions does work. Betty
 
follow the procedure below:

view-->CurrentView-->Customize CurrentView-->Automatic Formatting--->

Then select wt r the rule you want to do for headers and unread msgs..
 
Try this:

1. In Outlook, Click on View- Arrange By- Current View - Customize Current
View.
2. Click Automatic Formatting.
3. Click on Font.
4. Choose the font, font style and size that you want.
5. Click OK.
6. Click OK again.

Very much the same as Fofo suggested, just clicking Automatic Formatting
instead of Other Settings.

Mav :)
 
Mavric said:
Try this:

1. In Outlook, Click on View- Arrange By- Current View - Customize Current
View.
2. Click Automatic Formatting.
3. Click on Font.
4. Choose the font, font style and size that you want.
5. Click OK.
6. Click OK again.

Very much the same as Fofo suggested, just clicking Automatic Formatting
instead of Other Settings.

Mav :)
Click to expand...

This appears to only change the incoming notifications but once opened then
the mail goes back to a smaller font. I do I retain the larger font setting
even after the email has been opened?
 
I have a similar question and the help below does not work for me.

I have just changed from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 and now several of my
incoming newsletters do not look right. The fonts have changed from Arial to
Times Roman (or equivalent) and the formatting is not the same as before. Is
there a setting that I have not changed to bring things back to where they
were?

...steve
 
GO TO TOOLS
OPTIONS
MAIL FORMAT
STATIONARY AND FONTS
PERSONAL STATIONARY tab
COMPOSING AND READING PLAIN TEXT. Choose a font higher than 12, say 16 or
whatever you like. You can even change font style.
 
Hi aerowelder,

I saw how this worked for "plain text" messages, but most of the emails we
receive are formatted at RTF or HTML. Do you know if there is a setting for
these types of incoming messages?

We are having a problem with messages being sent in one font size (12 pts,
for example), but being received in a smaller font size (8 pts, for example).
I'm trying to narrow down if this is something that can be fixed through the
user's options, or if our Exchange server is converting messages after they
are sent for some reason. It is not the user's zoom setting, which seemed to
be the cause for many of the posts listed with a similar problem. I did post
a question about this last week, but I think I've stumped everyone out there.
So, I'm continuing to look through posts for anything that may help solve
this problem.

Thanks for any feedback!
 
Steve

I have just upgraded to Outlook 2007 and this is precisely the problem I'm
having, and as far as I can determine it is nothing to do with 'Mail
Formatting.' Did you find a resolution?

Thanks
Vicki
 
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