How to change the font color of incoming messages based on sender or subject in Outlook?
In your Outlook, sometimes, you may need to change the font size or color of your incoming emails which come from some specific persons or the subject contains certain text to make these messages outstanding. In this article, I will talk about how to auto change the font size or color for these specific incoming emails.
Change the font size or color of incoming emails based on sender or subject in Outlook
Change the font size or color of incoming emails based on sender or subject in Outlook
Normally, you can apply the "Conditional Formatting" feature to finish your task, please do as follows:
1. Click "View" > "View Settings", see screenshot:
2. In the "Advanced View Settings" dialog box, click the "Conditional Formatting" button, see screenshot:
3. In the popped-out "Conditional Formatting" dialog box, click the "Add" button, and then enter a name for this new rule into the "Name" text box, see screenshot:
4. Click the "Font" button in this "Conditional Formatting" dialog to open the "Font" dialog box. In the "Font" dialog, specify the font, font style, font size, and color as you need, see screenshot:
5. After setting the font, click the "OK" button to return to the "Conditional Formatting" dialog box. Then click the "Condition" button.
6. A "Filter" dialog box will pop out. Under the "Messages" tab, type the email address that you want to change the font size or color for into the "From" field, see screenshot:
7. Finally, click "OK" > "OK" > "OK" to close all the dialogs. From now on, when emails come from the specific sender you set, their font size or color will be changed automatically, as shown in the following screenshot:
Note: To change the font size or color for emails containing specific text in the subject, select the "subject" field from the "In" drop-down list, and then enter the text into the "Search for the word(s)" field, see screenshot:
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