

Some sections can even be modified in multiple ways to reach the same or similar results. Most of them can be changed but the way to do it is scattered between various Windows and Outlook settings and even then they are not in a single location. I use medium, even on my 27' iMac.If you don’t like the way Outlook looks like by default, you might want to find out how you can change the fonts types, sizes and colors in Outlook to suit your taste better. It is hidden in the Fonts section and at the bottom Item Lists (three choices) select small, medium or large. If you want to increase the display size of the items in the inbox, this can be set in the preferences.


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I hope this helped and even though this took a while should be the answer to your question. Unfortunately is only increases in size if you change the composing font size which is rubbish, because no one wants to receive an email in a font size larger than 14 (there are folks who like to print out stuff, believe it or not and 12 point seems to be the preferred size, whilst most companies use 10). What I have not figured out is why this does not work for the writing pane, when you compose a new email. Have you found an answer? To increase the size of the messages in the preview pane of outlook (the way it is displayed) and make it easier to read, even on the MacBook Air is to use the the combination of the keys: cmd & + to increase and cmd & - to decrease. This is how I'm getting by, but then I do have a 17" screen. There is the option in System Preferences > Accessbility to set a Control key Zoom with say a mouse scroll wheel that can zoom in/out where the pointer is located on the screen. I have a option here for easier web surfing using a tweaked Firefox, but nothing else pernament for OS X I'm afraid. Then in Windows Control Panel areas are options to increase the size of Windows about 150% so it's easier to see, if this is done on a small screen computer it hides parts of the UI and buttons and things, so a larger screen is needed, perferably a 17" or larger. The MacAir is unsuitable for those with hard of seeing issues.Ī big screen is needed where OS X can be scaled up and made to appear larger, thus everyting can fit on the screen, but again OS X gets blurry as the resolution is dropped.Īpple for some reason or another doesn't want to provide a scalable OS X version, rather prefering to cater to the market of the younger crowd with good eyes who sit a few inches from the screen.Īll I can suggest is take the MacAir back and either get a MacBook Pro + a larger screen and install Windows 7 into BootCamp or buy a large screen Windows 7 or Windows 8 Pro PC which can be downgraded to Windows 7. At least something to experiment with and see if workable. Our end-user has eye problems so that might be a good permanent fix. Yeah resolution looks like the only potential work-around.
