Hi All, I would like to ask if there is a way resolve my current signature font change issue. The Outlook for Mac version I am using is 14.5.3. I have tried multiple methods to create/input my signature including; Directly into email preferences Text Editor Word Document Copy and Paste from other existing emails My issue only occurs when trying to reply to an email, it will change from the default font size 10 or 12 to size 16.
If I change the size of the email signature in my draft email back to size 10 or 12, the recipient still receives it as size 16. It doesn’t happen when I respond to everyone – but it is consistent in that it always happens for certain recipients. Thank-you very much!
Today's Lazy Programmer provides an answer for Martin, who asked how to change the font in the Notes field only in Contacts, but not in the other Outlook items types. He also wants to change the font used with existing Contact items.
When you change the font in Options Mail Stationery and Fonts, the change is applied to all new Outlook items. Martin wants to use a one font for contacts and another for his email and other Outlook items.
(Sticky notes have their own font settings and don't use Word as the editor.). One option is to use custom stationery for your email messages. While this works fine if you want to use one font for everything except email, since Outlook now uses Word as the email editor, you can use Word VBA to change the font in the notes field in any new item type except email and sticky notes. This code sample shows you how. This works on new items only, it will not change the font in existing items. I'm starting with Michael Bauer's code sample and adding a few lines to set the font.
Now when I open any new Outlook item (but not a new message or sticky note), the body font is changed. In my example (so we can easily see that it works), I'm using Wingdings (and size 18 font).
The type face and font size changes seemingly randomly when I send emails from Outlook for Mac to Outlook users on Windows. I'll write an entire email using the same type face and font size and yet when it's viewed by a Windows users, the email may contain 2 or 3 different type faces displayed in 2 or 3 or more font sizes. Hi, me too, my font size in outlook 16 is crap! After much googling & research, I have yet to find a solution to increasing my font size Outlook 16 - NOT the email messages, all the boxes etc. On the left hand side of the screen.
Replace it with a font name as seen in the Font selector. (You can use lower case names as the font name is not case-sensitive.) This is an ApplicationStartup macro.
Paste it into ThisOutlookSession and set a reference to the Microsoft Word Object Library in Tools, References. To test it without restarting Outlook you'll need to click in ApplicationStartup and click the Run button. Oh, and macro security needs to be set to Low during testing and the macro signed once you're satisfied with it. Has more information if you are new to VBA. New item type Object class name Appointments olAppointment Contacts olContact Journal olJournal Message olMail Note (sticky note) olNote Post olPost Tasks olTask Change the formatting of selected items This code changes the font in the body of selected appointment, contact, or task items. To use, select the items (it's easier to use a list view, especially for appointments) then run the code.
Each item will quickly open then close as Outlook makes the changes. I recommend selecting some items, then Ctrl+C, V to create a copy of the items for testing.
Diane, thanks for this resource. I've used several of your code items suggestions in the past. I recently exported all my contacts to excel. Made a bunch of changes to them (found it easier to do the mass changes that way) and then loaded them back up. Unfortunately, the formatting for the 'Notes' area of the contact has changed for some reason.
I need to have some code that goes through all the records and set just the 'Notes' area to a set font type, size and default black color. I tried going through the code you posted in this area but I couldn't piece it all together. Can you help? I love that these solutions are available, Diane. I have tried running the first macro and get and complie error: Block if without End if which then highlights the line above in the code called: Private Sub mInspectorActivate. Perhaps I am missing a step or have done something wrong? I am trying to clean up the changed font in my Contacts' Notes fields which I think is happening when I use iCloud to sync with my iPhone.
They are appearing as Calibri again even when I have individually set them to Arial 8. Very odd to me.