Outlook 2016 for Mac lets you choose whether to compose and send messages in plain text or formatted text. The default is formatted text.

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Configure Outlook's Default Setting

1. From the menu, select .
2. Click .
3. In the Format and account section of the dialog box, check or uncheck Compose messages in HTML by default.
4. Close the dialog box.

Change the Setting for One Message

You can also switch between HTML or plain text for an individual message: while composing a message, click the tab, then toggle the control.

How to change default font size in Reading Pane in Outlook?

It’s easy to adjust zoom lever to change font size in Reading Pane in Outlook. However, the zoom lever and font size will return to default when you switch to another email, folder, etc. Here, this article will introduce the workarounds to change the default font size (zoom lever) in the Reading Pane in Outlook.

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Change default font size in Reading Pane in Outlook in Win 10

Please follow below steps to change the default font size in Reading Pane in Outlook in Windows 10.

1. On the desktop, right click at a blank place, and select Display settings from the context menu. See screenshot:

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2. Now in the popping out Settings dialog box, please click the linked text of Advanced display settings at the bottom. See screenshot:

3. Now in the new popping out dialog box, click the linked text of Advanced sizing of text and other items at the bottom. See screenshot:

4. In the coming Display dialog box, please click the linked text of set a custom scaling lever. See screenshot:

5. Please specify a percentage from the scale to this percentage of normal size drop down list, and click the OK button.

6. Now you return to the Display dialog box, please click the Apply button to save the settings.

7. The Microsoft Windows pops out and asks you for signing out. Please click the Sign out now button to sign out your account.

When you sign in your account later, you will see the font size in the reading pane in Outlook are adjusted to the specified percentage permanently.

Note: This method will change not only the default font size in Outlook Reading Pane, but also all default font sizes of all dialog boxes in your computer.

Change default font size in Reading Pane in Outlook in Win 7/8

If you are working in Windows 7/8, you can change the default font size in Reading Pane in Outlook as follows:

1. Go to the desktop, right click a blank place, and select Personalize from the context menu. See screenshot:

2. Now the Control Panel is opening. Please click Display at the left bar. See screenshot:

3. In the new Control Panel, please check Smaller, Medium, or Large option as you need, and click the Apply button. See screenshot:

Note: In windows 8, you need to check the Let me choose one scaling lever for all my displays options to show the Smaller, Medium, Large, and Extra Large options.

4. Now the Microsoft Windows dialog box comes out and asks you for logging off. Please click the Log off now button.

When you log in your windows account later, you will see the font size in the reading pane in Outlook are adjusted permanently.

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Change default font size in reading pane with Kutools for Outlook

If you have Kutools for Outlook installed, you can enable its auto zoom option to change the default font size in reading pane easily, no matter you are working in Windows 7, 8, 10, or others.

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1. In the main interface of Outlook, click Kutools > Options.

2. In the Options dialog, go to Zoom tab, tick the Enable auto zoom (Percent) in read, compose and reply window options, specify an auto zoom percentage, and click the OK button.

From now on, when you read emails in the Reading pane, the zoom will be adjusted to the specified zoom percentage automatically. See screenshot:

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  1. KuTools auto zoom doesn't work. Perhaps it doesn't work on the latest Office on Windows 10?
  2. I'm already zooming with system scaling, want to zoom the reading pane only, it's still very small.

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    Hi Chris,
    Kutools will not change the zoom level in the mail interface of Outlook including the Reading Pane. While Kutools can change the zoom levels automatically when reading or composing emails in the Message window.