In the Font dialog box, select your preferred typeface and any other settings you want to change (e.g., font size).
Right-click somewhere in the document and choose Font.
Select one of the default options or enter a specific percentage number. Changing the default typeface in Word 2010 and later versions is easy: Open any Word document. Click the percentage to the right of the Zoom slider to open the Zoom window. Under Text display size, change the text size by using the slider. You can now change the zoom level on all received messages. Change the font for New mail, Reply or forward, or Plain text. In this case the font is smaller & a different style. Once you click on Next: Preview your letters the font size changes. But I found that was not always the case Shown below the details of adding the Parents First Name & the font looks fine at this point. To change the zoom level on all received messages Details on link above to change the Normal Style on your Word. As you adjust, the text size in the Reading Pane will increase or decrease. Use the slider at the bottom right of the Reading pane to adjust your zoom level. To change the zoom level for a single message You can change the size of messages in the Reading pane by using the Zoom feature. If you later decide you don't want to keep your custom font settings and want to return to the default settings, you can use the above steps, but choose the following values.Ĭhange the font size for reading messages A Reset button is also on the View Settings dialog (formerly the Current view dialog, below), which can be opened from the View ribbon, View Settings button or by right clicking on the field names visible in a view and selecting View Settings (Method 3, below). Restore the initial default font style options If the font that you choose isn't installed on the recipient's computer, then the recipient's mail program substitutes an available font. You have to set your font preferences independently for both new messages and replies and forwards.