increase font in body of windows mail message

I am also having trouble with the font in Windows Mail, but it is the font
size in the body of the email that is the problem. My mother is legally blind
and we just got her a new computer running Vista and Windows Mail. We had the
font large enough in Outlook Express on XP SP2, unfortunately we can't
remember what we finally did to get it that way.


things we've already tried:
-Increasing the DPI. Once it gets to above 160%, option boxes are so big
that the OK and Apply buttons are off the bottom of the viewable screen when
the top of the box is at the top of the screen, so we really can't go any
higher than that.
-Increasing the font in Windows mail to 'largest' under View|Text size.
-Checking off 'Ignore font sizes specified on webpages' in Internet Explorer
under Tools|Internet Options|Accessibility.
-Increasing the size of the icon font in Appearance Settings box. Increasing
this font to 36 pt, Arial Black makes the message list in Windows Mail appear
large enough to view easily, but this setting does not affect the text size
in the body of an email. If we could get the text within the body of the
email to appear this large we'd be all set.

Do you know what controls that font size?

-Katherine

Have you tried out the different fonts under Tools, Options, Read, Fonts?
Some are easier to read than others.

--
Gary VanderMolen (MS-MVP WLM)


"Katherine" <Katherine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:53321B3F-9BC6-4BAC-A870-894794B991BC@microsoft.com...
>I am also having trouble with the font in Windows Mail, but it is the font
> size in the body of the email that is the problem. My mother is legally blind
> and we just got her a new computer running Vista and Windows Mail. We had the
> font large enough in Outlook Express on XP SP2, unfortunately we can't
> remember what we finally did to get it that way.
>
>
> things we've already tried:
> -Increasing the DPI. Once it gets to above 160%, option boxes are so big
> that the OK and Apply buttons are off the bottom of the viewable screen when
> the top of the box is at the top of the screen, so we really can't go any
> higher than that.
> -Increasing the font in Windows mail to 'largest' under View|Text size.
> -Checking off 'Ignore font sizes specified on webpages' in Internet Explorer
> under Tools|Internet Options|Accessibility.
> -Increasing the size of the icon font in Appearance Settings box. Increasing
> this font to 36 pt, Arial Black makes the message list in Windows Mail appear
> large enough to view easily, but this setting does not affect the text size
> in the body of an email. If we could get the text within the body of the
> email to appear this large we'd be all set.
>
> Do you know what controls that font size?
>
> -Katherine

Thanks, we're just so far away from a viewable size that changing fonts will
not help, we need to increase the font size. It is obvious this font is not
controlled by the front end of Windows Mail, I will try posting this to the
Vista community and the IE community. Surely there are other people with low
vision who have successfully moved to Vista.
Thanks for your help

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Have you tried out the different fonts under Tools, Options, Read, Fonts?
> Some are easier to read than others.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen (MS-MVP WLM)
>
>
> "Katherine" <Katherine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:53321B3F-9BC6-4BAC-A870-894794B991BC@microsoft.com...
> >I am also having trouble with the font in Windows Mail, but it is the font
> > size in the body of the email that is the problem. My mother is legally blind
> > and we just got her a new computer running Vista and Windows Mail. We had the
> > font large enough in Outlook Express on XP SP2, unfortunately we can't
> > remember what we finally did to get it that way.
> >
> >
> > things we've already tried:
> > -Increasing the DPI. Once it gets to above 160%, option boxes are so big
> > that the OK and Apply buttons are off the bottom of the viewable screen when
> > the top of the box is at the top of the screen, so we really can't go any
> > higher than that.
> > -Increasing the font in Windows mail to 'largest' under View|Text size.
> > -Checking off 'Ignore font sizes specified on webpages' in Internet Explorer
> > under Tools|Internet Options|Accessibility.
> > -Increasing the size of the icon font in Appearance Settings box. Increasing
> > this font to 36 pt, Arial Black makes the message list in Windows Mail appear
> > large enough to view easily, but this setting does not affect the text size
> > in the body of an email. If we could get the text within the body of the
> > email to appear this large we'd be all set.
> >
> > Do you know what controls that font size?
> >
> > -Katherine
>
>
>

"Katherine" <Katherine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:53321B3F-9BC6-4BAC-A870-894794B991BC@microsoft.com...
>I am also having trouble with the font in Windows Mail, but it is the font
> size in the body of the email that is the problem. My mother is legally
> blind
> and we just got her a new computer running Vista and Windows Mail. We had
> the
> font large enough in Outlook Express on XP SP2, unfortunately we can't
> remember what we finally did to get it that way.
>
>
> things we've already tried:
> -Increasing the DPI. Once it gets to above 160%, option boxes are so big
> that the OK and Apply buttons are off the bottom of the viewable screen
> when
> the top of the box is at the top of the screen, so we really can't go any
> higher than that.
> -Increasing the font in Windows mail to 'largest' under View|Text size.
> -Checking off 'Ignore font sizes specified on webpages' in Internet
> Explorer
> under Tools|Internet Options|Accessibility.
> -Increasing the size of the icon font in Appearance Settings box.
> Increasing
> this font to 36 pt, Arial Black makes the message list in Windows Mail
> appear
> large enough to view easily, but this setting does not affect the text
> size
> in the body of an email. If we could get the text within the body of the
> email to appear this large we'd be all set.
>
> Do you know what controls that font size?
>
> -Katherine

View | Text Size

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not reply with email

Did you try tools, options, read, fonts & (with Western European as font
setting) the 3rd drop down box is font size & you can choose largest?
--
Levi


"Katherine" wrote:

> Thanks, we're just so far away from a viewable size that changing fonts will
> not help, we need to increase the font size. It is obvious this font is not
> controlled by the front end of Windows Mail, I will try posting this to the
> Vista community and the IE community. Surely there are other people with low
> vision who have successfully moved to Vista.
> Thanks for your help
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
> > Have you tried out the different fonts under Tools, Options, Read, Fonts?
> > Some are easier to read than others.
> >
> > --
> > Gary VanderMolen (MS-MVP WLM)
> >
> >
> > "Katherine" <Katherine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:53321B3F-9BC6-4BAC-A870-894794B991BC@microsoft.com...
> > >I am also having trouble with the font in Windows Mail, but it is the font
> > > size in the body of the email that is the problem. My mother is legally blind
> > > and we just got her a new computer running Vista and Windows Mail. We had the
> > > font large enough in Outlook Express on XP SP2, unfortunately we can't
> > > remember what we finally did to get it that way.
> > >
> > >
> > > things we've already tried:
> > > -Increasing the DPI. Once it gets to above 160%, option boxes are so big
> > > that the OK and Apply buttons are off the bottom of the viewable screen when
> > > the top of the box is at the top of the screen, so we really can't go any
> > > higher than that.
> > > -Increasing the font in Windows mail to 'largest' under View|Text size.
> > > -Checking off 'Ignore font sizes specified on webpages' in Internet Explorer
> > > under Tools|Internet Options|Accessibility.
> > > -Increasing the size of the icon font in Appearance Settings box. Increasing
> > > this font to 36 pt, Arial Black makes the message list in Windows Mail appear
> > > large enough to view easily, but this setting does not affect the text size
> > > in the body of an email. If we could get the text within the body of the
> > > email to appear this large we'd be all set.
> > >
> > > Do you know what controls that font size?
> > >
> > > -Katherine
> >
> >
> >