Jul 17,  · Something has changed and I can’t figure out what. In the past, I have always been able to open my document, click the zoom tool, set the percent of zoom, and my document enlarged. Now that process doesn’t work. On the View tab, click the Vertical option (in the Page Movement group). This deselects the Side To Side option and activates the Zoom. Aug 20,  · Something recently got broken in Outlook , and the long lines no longer wrap around neither in the Reading Pane nor when in a separate window, regardless of the zoom level (perhaps with the exception that you can make the zoom level unreadably small that the lines per se fit in the window without having to wrap, which doesn’t change the statement in that they . Mar 19,  · the client computers are running windows 7 and office outlook has the zoom function grayed out. This has also affected the reading pane because that functionality is also not working.
 
 

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If you make the changes then close the message, it should apply the changes to all future messages. When zoom is stuck on a value usually a tiny font , you can reset it by changing the zoom level then closing, but not sending, the message. If you change the zoom level then send, the change applies only to the message you changed, not to future messages. In Outlook , the Zoom button is on the Format Text ribbon. In Outlook and , the Zoom button is on the Message tab when composing or reading a message.

Zoom Email Windows. It zooms every Outlook window to your specified zoom factor. It’s perfect for being able to instantly and clearly see the email and other Outlook windows. While the zoom level is persistent when you change it in the compose mail window, it’s not persistent when you change it for incoming messages.

This macro requires the use of Redemption Developer Edition. It’s under Tools, References. If it’s not set, you’ll get a Compile Error: User-defined type is not defined. WordEditor wdDoc. Windows 1. Panes 1. Selection 1 Application. RemoveFromSelection Msg Application. AddToSelection Msg sExplorer. WordEditor Document. Item 1. You can use VBA to force the zoom level when you read incoming email in Outlook or newer, or when using Outlook with Word set as the email editor.

Don’t forget to set the desired zoom level in this line: wdDoc. If Outlook tells you it needs to be restarted, close and reopen Outlook.

Note: after you test the macro and see that it works, you can either leave macro security set to low or sign the macro. She also created video training CDs and online training classes for Microsoft Outlook. Whenever someone sends the email or I send with attachment, then that respective attachment icon appears too big in the email It would be nice if the width of the attachment box could be reduced. Unfortunately, it can’t be changed. We can’t even hide the attachment line, like we could in older versions.

Whether this can be modified with Single click option mouse click. Thank you. Outlook with Word set as default editor. Conversation view disabled. References set as indicated. Redemption in use. Still get a Compile error: User-defined type is not defined. The VBA does not show up in the Macro list either. Any ideas? I love it and it worked flawlessly. I recently upgraded to Office and every time I start Outlook, the Redemption user agreement appears and needs to be completed to open Outlook.

Any thoughts on how to suppress this? I’ll shoot him another email – I asked him about it in a thread about another issue and he might have missed it. I’ve been using this code for years and love it but it has suddenly stopped working.

We are using Outlook I’ve got my Word reference set and Macros set to allow them to run. I tackle it by setting the minimum font size. Then you never have to zoom at least for reading message text. I have never known zoom work on the user interface.

In fact, users often complain that while they can zoom to see message text, they cannot zoom the menus and message lists. There are temporary fixes available, as listed here. These options are usually greyed out if you have selected the mail account name in the Folder Pane.

In the past, even if I highlighted an item in the inbox everything would zoom. Now it will only zoom when I’m in the email itself. I’m using an HP Elite ultrabook with a docking connection to a monitor using extended display. I do not see a zoom option on the View tab, and the zoom slider is grayed out. The font is really small and hard to read. Thanks in advance for any advice. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. In reply to Rob Beal rbeal ‘s post on April 2, Hi Rob, It seems that you failed to upload the screenshot in your reply.

Thanks, Lance. Thanks for your feedback.