I saw a client today who expressed one particular annoyance. The display fonts in her copy of Outlook 2011 for Mac were so small, they were unreadable. I didn’t know of any way to fix this off the top of my head and I don’t like giving up on something. So I spent this afternoon looking for solution. After a couple of hours of experimenting, I found this solution: • Go to the Outlook menu item and choose Preferences • Under Personal Settings, click on Fonts This what you should see: I found that simply increasing both plain text and HTML font sizes by 2 point (in other words to 16 and 14 respectively) did the trick. But you’re free to experiment and see what works best for you. Another option is to press Command + to increase the font size and Control – to decrease the font size.

I didn’t like this option myself, but maybe you will.

Increase or decrease the font size or choose a different font for items that appear in the message list. Change the font or font size in the message list. In the bottom right corner of the Outlook window, drag the zoom bar right (for larger text). Nov 29, 2011  Outlook 2010 will display the the email in whatever font it was typed in, and if it's a HTML mail, in whatever fonts is set by the HTML tags. However is there a way to set a default font the Outlooks displays the messages in, just like you can set the default font in. Feb 07, 2011  I use Outlook for the Mac and the only place I have found to change font size is in Outlook preferences but this is just for composing messages. I have not figured out how to change the font size of messages I am reading, the side bar etc. Increase the Font Size While Reading Mail in Outlook To read mail in a larger font in Outlook: With the message open in Outlook's reading pane, click Zoom in the Outlook status bar.

You might consider increasing the font size you use in applications. 13pt is a bit small for your screen resolution. My older monitor displays 1680 x 1050 and I use Times 16 in Safari with a minimum size of 12 pt.

I use 12 pt on my Desktop. On a simple ratio basis your Desktop font should be set for 18 pt.

Alternatively try a lower resolution. The main problem with this is that once you depart from the monitor's default resolution you usually find the image is not as sharp.

Try to keep in mind that it's not really relevant comparing an iPad's display to your iMac's. The latter is significantly larger physically. The two devices display at very different resolutions relative to the screen size. The iPad has roughly 128 pixels per inch horizontally.

Your iMac is probably around 100 pixels per inch. The iPad is naturally a sharper appearing display.

Where do I find the option to increase the font size in applications? In Finder I found that going to View->Show Options gives me a drop down menu with the choice to change pt. And icon size and other options within Finder. With this drop down menu displaying, if I click away on the desktop, the title of the drop down menu changes to Desktop with the option to change text size. This is helpful. In Safari the only way I have found to change text size is to zoom in and out, but doing so only changes the active window, e.g.

Zooming in while I am typing this reply only changes the text size of what I am typing and nothing else in this Safari window. I use Outlook for the Mac and the only place I have found to change font size is in Outlook preferences but this is just for composing messages.

I have not figured out how to change the font size of messages I am reading, the side bar etc. There does not seem to be any standard way to change font size in applications. It would be a nice feature. For the Finder and Desktop choose View Options from the View menu. Minitool solutions to format an external hard drive for mac.

In Safari preferences click on the Appearance icon. Click on the Advanced icon where you can set the minimum font size. Most applications should have a means for changing display fonts. Maybe in their preferences or a Format menu. You just need to explore to find it, if it's available. The zoom feature of OS X is OK, but it has limitations such as loss of sharpness and the need to scroll around the screen. Rtty on cocoamodem for mac. Not quite the same as using a lower display resolution which may only reduce sharpness depending on how much lower you make the display.