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Large (small) text size when composing Outlook 2007 message

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On my work computer, when composing an email in Outlook, suddenly the font size displayed larger than normal. I had this problem one other time, but couldn’t recall how to fix it. The fix is pretty simply.

In Outlook 2007, while composing a new email

Click on Format Text

Outlook 2007 Format Text ribbon bar
Outlook 2007 Format Text ribbon bar

Then Zoom

Outlook 2007 Format Text Zoom
Outlook 2007 Format Text Zoom

Then set the size to 100%.

Outlook 2007 Zoom dialog box
Outlook 2007 Zoom dialog box

Mine ended up on 200% – not sure how. So I reset it back to 100% and things are back to normal.

And now that I have added it here, when it happens again, maybe I’ll remember how to fix it.

5 thoughts on “Large (small) text size when composing Outlook 2007 message”

  2. Spent an hour or so trying to fix it a few weeks ago and gave up. I was even digging through the xml. Glad you posted this. Thanks.

  3. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This was driving me crazy. I fumbled the keys trying to copy some text and ended up with enlarged text instead with no idea what I’d pressed.

  4. Thank you for taking the time to post this. I had no idea what to do and I was going crazy! Thank you thank you!

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