Change the font or font size in the message list

To scan through your Inbox more quickly, you may want to enlarge the text in the subject lines and column header, or change their font so they're easier to read.

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1. Click Mail.

   

2. Click View > View Settings.

   

3. Click Other Settings.

4. To change the font or font size for the column headers in your Inbox (like "From" and "Subject"), click Column Font, and then make the desired adjustment.

   

5. To change the font or font size of the message subject lines in your Inbox, click Row Font, and then make the desired adjustment.

   

Temporarily enlarge an email in the Reading Pane

In the Reading Pane, you can also make the contents of an email larger, so it's easier to read.

However, increasing the size of the text in the Reading Pane only works on the email you are currently looking at. When you click on another email, the body text will return to the default font size.

1. Click once on the message you want to preview in the Reading Pane.

2. In the bottom right corner of the Outlook window, drag the zoom bar right (for larger text).

1. In Mail, on the View tab, in the Current View group, click View Settings.

   Tip:  To open the Advanced View Settings dialog box, right-click the message list heading where Arrange By appears, and then click View Settings.

2. Click Other Settings.

3. Under Column Headings and Rows, click Row Font.

4. In the Font dialog box, click the font, font style, and size that you want to use.

5. On the Font, Other Settings, and Advanced View Settings dialog boxes, click OK.

1. In Mail, on the View menu, point to Current View, and then click Customize Current View.

   Tip: To open the Customize View: Messages dialog box, right-click the message list heading where Arranged By appears, and then click Custom.

2. Click Other Settings.

3. Under Column Headers and Rows, click Row Font.

   

4. Click a font, font style, and size that you want to use.

5. On the Font, Other Settings, and Customize View: Messages dialog boxes, click OK.