How do I stop my replies to email appearing in a smaller font?

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When I reply to an email, the font in the reply is often much smaller than
the original.
I believe this has occurred since I upgraded to latest version of Outlook.

Any help would be appreciated.

Greg
 
Try Tools-->Options-->Mail format tab.
Under Stationery and Fonts, click Font btn. You can change the font and size
under When replying or forwarding:
 
No matter what I choose, the font remains the same. I also use different
stationary and no matter what I choose, I always get the the same Times New
Roman font in the same size.
 
I have the same problem. When starting a new message or forwarding or
replying the text and signature are tiny and unreadable. I have tried
tools>options>mail format>stationary and fonts>fonts and set it to 12 but
the problem persists. I have rebooted and no luck. Thanks for any help, Jimbo
 
This has bugged me for months and months now. I've altered "Settings" under
"Options" for fonts and generally get my preference for "New mail", but
clicking on a link address on a webpage will always use Calibri 11 point
(Windows default) no matter what my local preferences say. The mail page
that opens will have my default Arial font used for the header, but always
uses Calibri 11 point for body text. This is driving me crazy... no options
seem to exist for a global font rule. I want Arail 14 point used in every
occasion, but am seemingly unable to make Outlook 2007 do this. Any help
much appreciated.
 
Henry B said:
This has bugged me for months and months now. I've altered "Settings" under
"Options" for fonts and generally get my preference for "New mail", but
clicking on a link address on a webpage will always use Calibri 11 point
(Windows default) no matter what my local preferences say. The mail page
that opens will have my default Arial font used for the header, but always
uses Calibri 11 point for body text. This is driving me crazy... no options
seem to exist for a global font rule. I want Arail 14 point used in every
occasion, but am seemingly unable to make Outlook 2007 do this. Any help
much appreciated.
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I had this problem and it drove me insane before I stumbled on the answer on
office help. It is the zoom view setting that needs adjusting.

You can adjust the zoom view in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 in two ways —
by using your mouse wheel button, or from within Outlook itself.

Use a mouse wheel button to change the zoom
If you have a pointing device, such as the Microsoft IntelliMouse pointing
device, that has a wheel button, 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, which is
part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.

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.
 
Annie said:
I had this problem and it drove me insane before I stumbled on the answer on
office help. It is the zoom view setting that needs adjusting.

You can adjust the zoom view in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 in two ways —
by using your mouse wheel button, or from within Outlook itself.

Use a mouse wheel button to change the zoom
If you have a pointing device, such as the Microsoft IntelliMouse pointing
device, that has a wheel button, 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, which is
part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.

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.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I tried the usual ways too but annie's remedy worked fine, it has
saved me from going insane over it. Thanks Annie. Eric.
 
Annie said:
I had this problem and it drove me insane before I stumbled on the answer on
office help. It is the zoom view setting that needs adjusting.

You can adjust the zoom view in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 in two ways —
by using your mouse wheel button, or from within Outlook itself.

Use a mouse wheel button to change the zoom
If you have a pointing device, such as the Microsoft IntelliMouse pointing
device, that has a wheel button, 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, which is
part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.

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.

thanks for the feedback, this query was posted so long ago I had forgotten about it completely. anyway, I did manage to work it out myself, but thanks again from Eric , karratha
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Has anyone figured this out? I see a lot of comments but no help. I believe
my issue is the same.

When I send an e-mail, the font is Arial 11 or 12. However, when a reply
comes back, my original message is transformed to Times New Roman 10. I have
changed every font setting that I can find but to no avail.

My messages are the correct font, the replies I recieve from others are
correct, my responses to them are correct. The only font that is incorrect
is the return of my original message. It drives me nuts but I don't know how
to stop it.

Any help is appreciated.
 
Most likely the other person has their system configured to quote your
message with a smaller font. Nothing you can do about that.

You could test that by having a "conversation" with yourself where you
send messages from Outlook to another account (Gmail perhaps?) see how
it's received, reply, see how that's received in Outlook, reply...

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
 
I wish it was this simple. This font change occurred when I received a
replacement laptop. I know that not all of the people I communicate with use
the font in question not would everyone have changed their fonts in one week.
So I am sure there is something in my computer. There is a default set
somewhere that I cannot find.

Thanks for the suggestion. Any other ideas?

Gary
 
Annie
I have a similar problem. My issue is that when I have an open email and I
click reply my font reduces to a 6 point or less.
The option indicated have not fixed this proble for me.
My computer was reimaged this week. I believe it it related to Zoom
however the option for Zoom is not available (grayed out) and I canno tselct
it.
Any suggestions.
Sylvia
 
Is your cursor in the body of the compose window when you try to
increase/decrease the zoom?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Sylvia asked:

| Annie
| I have a similar problem. My issue is that when I have an open email
| and I click reply my font reduces to a 6 point or less.
| The option indicated have not fixed this proble for me.
| My computer was reimaged this week. I believe it it related to Zoom
| however the option for Zoom is not available (grayed out) and I canno
| tselct it.
| Any suggestions.
| Sylvia
|
| "Annie" wrote:
|
|| I had this problem and it drove me insane before I stumbled on the
|| answer on office help. It is the zoom view setting that needs
|| adjusting.
||
|| You can adjust the zoom view in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 in two
|| ways — by using your mouse wheel button, or from within Outlook
|| itself.
||
|| Use a mouse wheel button to change the zoom
|| If you have a pointing device, such as the Microsoft IntelliMouse
|| pointing device, that has a wheel button, 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,
|| which is part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.
||
|| 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.
||
||
||
||
||
||
|| "Jim W" wrote:
||
||| I have the same problem. When starting a new message or forwarding
||| or replying the text and signature are tiny and unreadable. I have
||| tried tools>options>mail format>stationary and fonts>fonts and
||| set it to 12 but the problem persists. I have rebooted and no luck.
||| Thanks for any help, Jimbo
|||
||| "Erik R" wrote:
|||
|||| No matter what I choose, the font remains the same. I also use
|||| different stationary and no matter what I choose, I always get the
|||| the same Times New Roman font in the same size.
||||
|||| "Reb" wrote:
||||
||||| Try Tools-->Options-->Mail format tab.
||||| Under Stationery and Fonts, click Font btn. You can change the
||||| font and size under When replying or forwarding:
|||||
||||| "greg" wrote:
|||||
|||||| When I reply to an email, the font in the reply is often much
|||||| smaller than the original.
|||||| I believe this has occurred since I upgraded to latest version
|||||| of Outlook.
||||||
|||||| Any help would be appreciated.
||||||
|||||| Greg
 
Yes...Yes!

Thank you, Annie!!

--
PAGA


Annie said:
I had this problem and it drove me insane before I stumbled on the answer on
office help. It is the zoom view setting that needs adjusting.

You can adjust the zoom view in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 in two ways —
by using your mouse wheel button, or from within Outlook itself.

Use a mouse wheel button to change the zoom
If you have a pointing device, such as the Microsoft IntelliMouse pointing
device, that has a wheel button, 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, which is
part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.

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.
Click to expand...
 
Sylvia said:
Annie
I have a similar problem. My issue is that when I have an open email and I
click reply my font reduces to a 6 point or less.
The option indicated have not fixed this proble for me.
My computer was reimaged this week. I believe it it related to Zoom
however the option for Zoom is not available (grayed out) and I canno tselct
it.
Any suggestions.
Sylvia
Click to expand...
 
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