Force plain text mode and increase the default font size.ĭescription: Outlook includes the option to adjust the text size for reading and composing plain text messages. In addition, lowering the resolution diminishes the actual on-screen area and reduces the overall number of pixels that could otherwise be put to use enhancing text size and readability. Also, since this is a hardware-based adjustment it will impact all aspects of the system equally with no room for making individual adjustments on a per-application basis. Altering it will almost always result in blurred pixels and decreased clarity, which is counterproductive when attempting to improve readability. What's Wrong: Unlike traditional CRT monitors that can look sharp at any supported resolution, LCD/LED monitors are physically designed to support one specific resolution. On a whim, this may seem like a reliable "quick fix" to make everything bigger, but it is actually the least recommended approach out there. As such, lowering the resolution (e.g., down to 1280 x 720) will uniformly increase the size of all elements shown. Lower the screen resolution.ĭescription: Most monitors these days are designed around a relatively high resolution of at least 1920 x 1080 (1080p).
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There is no level of granular control over this approach either and the effects of changing the default scale factor will vary depending on the software application. Furthermore, since the majority of emails are HTML-formatted and controlled via CSS, they will appear no different regardless of this global scale factor. What's Wrong: While this is a helpful technique to generically improve readability across many applications and processes, it has little impact on the UI in Outlook and can actually result in a blurry text appearance as if being artificially scaled. This is similar to setting the " Large Text" option on MacOS and applies globally to all compatible interface elements. The default scale is 100%, but you can quickly adjust it to 125%, 150% and 175% (or even up to 500% via custom scaling). Some of these approaches include: Increase the global scale and layout.ĭescription: To increase the general text and icon size throughout Windows, you can increase the scaling factor within Display Settings. There are many general approaches toward increasing the text size in Outlook that I would not recommend. The Wrong and Ineffective Ways to Zoom Messages
These instructions should be equally applicable to Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013, but have not been tested. Below is a summary of my tribulations and my most recommended way to configure Outlook for those with advanced vision impairment. One of the more difficult tasks was personalizing Outlook 2016 to make the baseline text much larger with minimal required user interaction. I have recently been assisting with computer setup and tutoring of a friend who has macular degeneration, which makes it increasingly difficult to read small text. Although there are many accessibility options integrated into modern operating systems and software applications, increasing the default zoom level of received messages in Microsoft Outlook remains surprisingly complicated and inhibiting.
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