why is my email message automatically zoomed in to 49%?

[Guest]

When I open an email it is automatically zoomed in. I have to zoom out just
to be able to read it. It only happens on rich text messages - plain text
and html messages appear normal size. Does anyone know which "feature" is
doing this?

 

[Guest]

Do you have Word set as your email editor or set to read RTF files?

In Outlook, Go to Tools | Options | Mail Format Tab
There are 2 checkboxes in the top section
Are either of these checked?
If so, try unchecking them and see if the zooming stops.

 

[Guest]

That was it! I had "Use Microsoft Word 2003 to read Rich Text e-mail
messages" enabled. When I turn it off my RTF emails appear at full size.