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Honeybear23--Click the Down arrow to the right of the box next to Times New and make the desired change. &nbsp;This applies to the email you are reading.<br />
If you want the change to be the default size &nbsp;<br />
<a href="http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/How_to_Increase_the_Font_Size_While_Reading_Mail_in_Outlook.htm" rel="ugc">http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/How_to_Increase_the_Font_Size_While_Reading_Mail_in_Outlook.htm</a>
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Honeybear23--Click the Down arrow to the right of the box next to Times New and make the desired change.  This applies to the email you are reading.
If you want the change to be the default size  
http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/How_to_Increase_the_Font_Size_While_Reading_Mail_in_Outlook.htm [http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/How_to_Increase_the_Font_Size_While_Reading_Mail_in_Outlook.htm]

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when I reply or start a new email in Outlook , the type is so tiny that I can't read it. (see file attached). I looked at your response to another member and the suggestions to him didn't work for me.<br />
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when I reply or start a new email in Outlook , the type is so tiny that I can't read it. (see file attached). I looked at your response to another member and the suggestions to him didn't work for me.

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Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.