Change the Size of Text

Changing the size of text can make documents easier to read for people with vision impairments and can also benefit people with language and learning disabilities.

Note: You can also adjust the size of text, toolbar buttons and other screen elements through the Windows operating system you use. For further information, see Accessibility Tutorials under the operating system you use.

Step

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

In the Outlook item:

Select the text you want to change.

Note: If the Formatting toolbar is not displayed, select the View menu, point to Toolbars, then select Formatting.

In the Outlook item:

Select the text you want to change by placing the cursor at the beginning of the text, pressing SHIFT, and then pressing the arrow keys until all of the text is highlighted.
Move to the Formatting toolbar by pressing ALT, then pressing CTRL+TAB.

Note: If the Formatting toolbar is not displayed, open the View menu by pressing ALT+V, select Toolbars, by pressing T, move to Formatting by pressing the arrow keys, then press ENTER to select it.

On the Formatting toolbar, in the Font Size box:

Enter the size you want

Note: This procedure is not available in messages if you use plain text as your message format.

On the Formatting toolbar:

Move to the Font Size box by pressing TAB.
Press the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to select the font size you want.
Press ENTER.

Note: This procedure is not available in messages if you use plain text as your message format.