increasing font size for emails

[wainy]

Any solution out there?Because of my low vision I have trouble reading and
writing emails. To read received mail I cut and paste into Notepad. When
trying to compose I cannot see what I am typing. Everything else is
magnified. Just cannot find how to increase the message font.
Any help would be most appreciated. My computer is a Vista Inspiron desktop

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

The compose font can be selected here:
Tools, Options, Compose, Font Settings. For me, the Verdana font is
the most legible.

 

[wainy]

Thank you for your response Gary,
I was unfamiliar with the Verdana font, had up to now used Times New Roman
but think your suggestion even better.
I already have the font set there at 36pts and, this shows in the email
under the subject line when I start to compose but, as soon as I press a key
the size flicks back to 12. It is very frustrating. Do you have any
suggestions?
Margaret

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Thank you for your response Gary,
I was unfamiliar with the Verdana font, had up to now used Times New
Roman
but think your suggestion even better.
I already have the font set there at 36pts and, this shows in the email
under the subject line when I start to compose but, as soon as I press a
key
the size flicks back to 12. It is very frustrating. Do you have any
suggestions?

Are you using any stationery? If se, any setting in the stationary will
over ride what you set in Compose.

 

[wainy]

--Frank, Thank you for your response.
No, I have never used stationery- I am strictly a learner and had no idea
what it was until I just looked it up after receiving your response.
margaret

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I got the same result you did. The actual font never gets larger than 12pt.
At first I thought it was a bug in Windows Mail, but I got the same result in
Windows Live Mail. I really don't know what causes this.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP

Thank you for your response Gary,
I was unfamiliar with the Verdana font, had up to now used Times New Roman
but think your suggestion even better.
I already have the font set there at 36pts and, this shows in the email
under the subject line when I start to compose but, as soon as I press a key
the size flicks back to 12. It is very frustrating. Do you have any
suggestions?
Margaret

 

[wainy]

Gary, Thank you for your continued help. It is quite a problem isn't it?
Eversince I received a gift of this Vista in December my problems have
magnified but, unfortunately not my fonts It is a rekief to know that the
same thing happens on your computer too.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

As a follow-up, this morning when I started up my laptop, the font size change
in Windows Live Mail became active, but Windows Mail was still stuck at 12pt.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP

Gary, Thank you for your continued help. It is quite a problem isn't it?
Eversince I received a gift of this Vista in December my problems have
magnified but, unfortunately not my fonts It is a rekief to know that the
same thing happens on your computer too.

 

[wainy]

Gary, Now that is interesting. I am visually impaired and live alone so will
call around to find someone to help me upgrade to Windows Live. This morning
I made note of your response to someone else's problem and you gave them the
http for upgrade- am glad I printed it out. Can you think of any reason why
I should not try this?
Thank you for your help Gary.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I can't think of a reason why not. Whether one likes or dislikes a
specific email program is a matter of personal taste.
If it turns out you don't like Windows Live Mail, merely uninstall it,
and Windows Mail should be back as your default email program.

Going forward, only Windows Live Mail will receive continued
development and support from Microsoft.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP

Gary, Now that is interesting. I am visually impaired and live alone so will
call around to find someone to help me upgrade to Windows Live. This morning
I made note of your response to someone else's problem and you gave them the
http for upgrade- am glad I printed it out. Can you think of any reason why
I should not try this?
Thank you for your help Gary.

 

[wainy]

Gary I have installed Windows Live Mail and it has exchanged one problem for
another.
I can read and write messages in 36pts but, as I look at my screen
everything else is very small. I am using a jewellers loop to read the
screen.
Also, this is interesting to me, concerning the problem with the font
slipping back to 12 on the Windows Mail. I just heard from a friend who
assures me that my emails to her all arrived in 36pt. I tell you computing is
a weird world.
Do you have any help to offer for my new problem please?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Sorry about the small WLM system font. I have heard that same complaint
from others. The font used for the message list pane and the folder pane
is difficult to change. One way is to increase the Windows DPI (dots per
inch) setting, but that affects everything else also.

As for your Windows Mail comment, we must distinguish between
sending in plain text and sending in HTML. A message that is sent in plain
text carries no font size information, so it is up to the recipient's 'Read'
settings to determine how that is displayed.
When composing in HTML, however, the font type and size chosen by
the composer are kept intact and faithfully displayed in an identical
fashion on the recipient's screen. That may be the solution to your sight
problem, compose in HTML format.

 

[K in Iowa]

I have good luck when changing font size by simply using the Enter or Return
key as I move from line to line instead of just allowing the sentence to fold
at the end of each line. This is much like using your Word program to type
text. It may save you from having to use another program to maintain your
font size. Let me know how it works for you.

 

[wainy]

Kin Iowa- Thank you for your kind response, unfortunately it does not work
for me. It is all very frustrating, I worked with my old XP Compaq for
almost 10 years- everything magnifiesd and absolutely no problems. My
children-Bless their hearts bought me this whole new set up, and it is a pile
of junk!! even the printer is junk. When I think of all the elderly retired
people out there trying to keep in touch with family etc it makes me wonder
if Microsoft does not realize what a market they are losing. Did not any one
ever tell them that we oldtimers need magnification?