How to change Ribbon font size in Outlook in windows 7/8/10?

Author: Kelly Last Modified: 2024-08-22

It may be easy for Outlook users to change the font size in Navigation Pane, change font size for creating/replying/forwarding messages, or change the font size in notes, etc. However, have you even thought of changing the font size in the Ribbon, and how? Actually, you must configure the settings in the Control Panel of Windows if you want to enlarge or decrease the font in Outlook Ribbon. In this article I will describe the way about changing Ribbon font size in Outlook step by step.

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Change Ribbon font size in Outlook in Windows 7

Change Ribbon font size in Outlook in Windows 8

Change Ribbon font size in Outlook in Windows 10

Change Ribbon font size in Outlook in Windows 7

If you are currently working in Windows 7, you can change the Ribbon font size in Outlook with following steps:

Step 1: Go to the desktop, right click a blank place and select the Personalize from the right-clicking menu.

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Step 2: In the popping up Control Panel (Personalization), click the Windows Color button at the bottom.

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Step 3: In the new Control Panel, click the text of Advanced appearance settings. See screen shot:

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Step 4: Now you get into the Window Color and Appearance dialog box,

(1) Click the Items box, and select the Menu from the drop down list;

(2) Click the Font box, and specify a kind of font from the drop down list;

(3) Click the Size box besides the Font box, and specify a font size from the drop down list.

(4) Click the OK button to apply the changes.

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Step 5: Close the control panel.

Change Ribbon font size in Outlook in Windows 8

In Windows 8, to change the Ribbon font size in Microsoft Outlook, please do as following:

Step 1: Go to the desktop, right click a blank place and select the Personalize from the right-clicking menu.

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Step 2: In the Popping up Control Panel (Personalization), please click the Display at the left. See screen shot:

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Step 3: Now the Control Panel (Display) opens. Go to the Change only the text size section, click the first box and select the Menus from the drop down list, then click the second box and specify a font size from the drop down list.

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Step 4: Click the Apply button, and close the Control Panel.

Now all fonts in the Ribbon of Microsoft Outlook are changed at once.

Change Ribbon font size in Outlook in Windows 10

If you are working at Windows 10, just do as these:

In the desktop, right click to display context menu, click Display Settings.
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Then in the Settings window, drag button in Change the size of text, apps, and other items: section to resize the ribbon font. Click Apply to take it effect.
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