Increase font size in Outlook Reading Pane

Question

_{Monday, April 22, 2019 8:49 PM}

Can you increase the font size in the reading pane in Outlook 2016 for all emails? I know you can to go  the zoom at the bottom of the screen for each email.

All replies (6)

_{Monday, April 22, 2019 9:40 PM}

Outlook : 

1. go to View 
   View settings 
   Advanced view settings > Other settings...
   Chnage the Column font , Message font 



_{Tuesday, April 23, 2019 1:38 AM}

Hi,

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. There is no build-in option in Outlook can be used to make a permanent change to the font of Reading Pane. A workaround is that you can change the scaling or DPI settings in Windows. You can see this article for more details.

Regards,
Steve Fan

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_{Thursday, April 25, 2019 1:28 AM}

Hi Annie,

Any further query here? Please don't hesitate to post back if you need further assistance here.

Regards,
Steve Fan

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_{Thursday, April 25, 2019 7:14 AM | 1 vote}

Hi Annie,

I've the following updated info for you:

If you want to persist your zoom setting in Outlook Reading Pane, this is now possible if you have Outlook, version 1901 or higher, as part of an Office 365 subscription. 

To set a zoom percentage, click on % at the bottom right corner of the Zoom control. After clicking %, pick a zoom percentage, and then check the box marked Remember my preference.

See The text of my email messages is larger or smaller than usual for more details.

Regards,
Steve Fan

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_{Tuesday, April 30, 2019 1:23 AM}

Dear Annie,

Just wanted to say hi and check if there is anything that we can do for you on this problem. If so, please do not hesitate to let us know and we will be happy to help.

Best regards,
Steve Fan

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_{Saturday, December 14, 2019 9:52 PM}

i can't use office 365.
Does this option work on the 2019 version?