The “zoom” command can be tricky to find in Outlook. Just follow the instructions for your version:
Outlook 2010
- Click somewhere in the message body
- Select the “Message” tab (if it isn’t already selected)
- Click “Zoom”
- Select 100% (or your desired zoom level)
- Click OK
Outlook 2007
When reading email
- Click somewhere in the message body
- Select the “Message” tab (if it isn’t already selected)
- Click the “Other Actions” dropdown button in the “Actions” section
- Click “Zoom”
- Select 100% (or your desired zoom level)
- Click OK
When writing email
- Click somewhere in the message body
- Select the “Format Text” tab
- Click “Zoom”
- Select 100% (or your desired zoom level)
- Click OK
Outlook 2003
When reading email
- Click the “View” menu
- Point to “Text Size”
- Click “Medium” (or your desired zoom level)
When writing email
- Click somewhere in the message body
- Click the “View” menu
- Click “Zoom”
- Select 100% (or your desired zoom level)
- Click OK
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An Easier way is to press the Ctrl key and roll the mouse wheel. This will work for HTML emails.
True, but if you’re trying to reset your zoom level to 100% and you use the mouse wheel, it can be hard to tell whether or not you’re at 100%, unless you’re really good at eyeballing it.
Thank you so much. This has been driving me nuts for months! My 2 year old somehow changed it and I have been squinting at the tiny font since then.
Thanks so much, that was a great help.
Awesome! This has been driving me nuts for a week, and then I decided to Google it. Landed on this. Thanks for the tip!