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Changing font size on AOL email




By Morna123 on May 06, 2008

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-   I do not see a toolbar or anything in settings that will allow me change(increase) future outgoing text size in my email. I have the free version of AOL and I think this is why. Am I missing something? -   barbelle777

Apr 04, 2009

-   my font size is 10. I want 14 using XP & 9.5 aol-   Guest

Mar 31, 2009

-   The font size on my incoming email is way too small. How do I adjust it on AOL? -   Guest

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posted on Oct 31, 2008
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golfmobile
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I think the problem here is that the font canNOT be changed if you are using free AOL email. That is to say, if you are not logged into the AOL program itself, not just getting to your email via www.aol.com, then the settings don't give an option to change the font.

If this is incorrect, I'll be delighted to hear that fact and have someone tell me how to change it permanently. So it seems that with free email accounts, you get what you pay for -- email but with many limitations that aren't in place when you actually pay for a service.
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Oct 31, 2008

- Excuse me, I meant to say PERMANENTLY change the font. Even with AOL free email, you can change the font in an individual email, just not for ALL email.
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Solution #2

posted on May 07, 2008
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oldnovii
oldnovii

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Hi Morna- If you want to change the font on your AOL e-mail, look under the subject line. To the right of the font name is the font size use the arrow tab to the right of the number to choose your font size. If this solves your problem PLEASE rate this as fixed. If you need more help just add a comment and I'll be happy to assist you further.
( you listed this as changing AOL font size, but said Dell Desktop in your post. If the info I gave you is not what you wanted just let me know. Thanks )

Jeff




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May 07, 2008

- If you want make any changes permanent for your email heres how to do it:

1) On your top tool bar click on Safety
2) click on Settings
3) Under F- click on Fonts and Text
4) There you can choose a font style, size, color, bold or regular, italicized, etc. It will show you a sample of what you have chosen. Once you have it the way you want just hit the save button. Now all your emails will have that same look. Hope this helps.

May 08, 2008

- Hi Morna - just wondering if you had a problem or this wasn't what you needed. I thought I explained fairly well in full detail the answer to your question. Just wondering why you only gave a helpful rating instead of a fix ya? Thanks.
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Solution #3

posted on Oct 31, 2008
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wenan
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Please how to change or fix my fonts
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Solution #4

posted on Mar 01, 2009
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Bobbymar75
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I have no solution. I printed out an aol e-mail piece nof information and you can barely read it
because it's so small. How do I chage it?
Thanks,
Booby B.






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Mar 01, 2009

- I wrote a comment, why is computer asking for another one?
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Solution #5

posted on Mar 15, 2009
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lolaisbk
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ALL of the previous SETTINGS options are available here:
I got the link from an AOL Tech

aol://4344:9000.Indexs.36057651.782693350/
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Solution #6

posted on Apr 16, 2009
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kakburger
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Lolaisbk (solution #5) is right on the money!!!
Copy and paste her answer (below) to your browser; open the page. This brings up the old "Settings"page. Click (under F) on Font & Text; change font/size as you would in an email, then click Save. This DOES change your emailing font permanently...in AOL 9.5 anyway.

aol://4344:9000.Indexs.36057651.782693350/

Thanks sooooo much Lolaisbk!

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Solution #7

posted on Jan 07, 2009
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allent1
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Regarding questions on how to change a font on incoming AOL emails, click "basic version" at the bottom of your aol email screen. this will change it to the old version. then at the tool bar, you can hit View/text size and make it bigger. It looks ancient, but it does the trick if you need bigger text.
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posted on Nov 22, 2008
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bariberyl
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after using the original colours in my epson, the machine will not accept non epson cartidges. why
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28 Other Users Have The Same Problem - Continued

Comment by Guest, posted on Mar 28, 2009

Can't find where to adjust the font size in my email. I used to have it adjusted in another laptop running XP but it crashed. Now on this new one running Vista, I cannot seem to figure out where to go to change the size. Even the AOL searches are proving useless up till now. It is irritating.

Comment by Guest, posted on Mar 18, 2009

Can't change font for composing emails, that will stay changed. I have to adjust size for every email. I pay for my service and used to be able to change the font for all future emails. This is very annoying. Can anyone help?

Comment by Guest, posted on Feb 20, 2009


Default is Arial 10 point. Too small!
I don't use application but go through web.
Any way to change font? Haven't seen solution yet.
charles

Comment by Guest, posted on Jan 31, 2009

DPI adjustment

Comment by Guest, posted on Jan 28, 2009

This is a lot of talk with no results . Like the guy said Free AOL does not come with a very helpful answers to your problems... maybe just get rid of it . Learn to use another e mail . My peeve is the print out of an email is tiny and no amount of changing things fixes the problem. I have no idea what it looks like when I send out an email. I have no time for this bull..

Comment by Guest, posted on Jan 27, 2009

when I go into settings it does not give me the option of mail font settings. The only way I can do it is with each individual mail writting. Please tell me what to do.... it appears the format has changed

Comment by xthegiant410, posted on Jan 26, 2009

My incoming email box has really small print, it was ok until I downloaded the new service pack, I have changed my font to large and the DPI, I can read my mail ok but the imcoming mail is so small and the toolbar font. I downloaded 9.1 and then deleted it and it is still way too small. I am not using free aol and I have vista....please help I am going blind

Comment by victrynjesus, posted on Jan 04, 2009

I want to change the incoming email font size. The incoming emails have such small fonts, I can hardly read them. I have my outgoing set amd it is fine.

thanks
Wanda

Comment by blohm, posted on Jan 03, 2009

I HAVE VISTA. I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE MY FONT SIZE TOA BIGGER FONT SIZE

ROSEMARY BLOHM
rmblohm@aol.com

Comment by mrgdln, posted on Jan 03, 2009

I know I can change my font in each individual e-mail, but when I make a new paragraph it goes back to the old font setting.

Comment by BobbiB, posted on Dec 16, 2008

For some reason I now only have 3 fonts on my computer. That leaves me with my toolbar, and my typing looking like x * and a few other symbols I can't describe. Does anyone know how or where I can go to downloan my old font so I can stop looking at chinese symbols (that's what it looks like) other than doing a restore, which I've already tried?

Thanks,

Comment by Guest, posted on Nov 30, 2008

I CANT READ THE FONTS. THEY ARE WAY TOO SMALL. I DONT KNOW HOW THEY CHANGED BUT I WANT THEM BACK TO NORMAL 12 OR 14. CAN ANYONE HELP ME?

Comment by Guest, posted on Nov 17, 2008

same problem as Morna123's. very small INCOMING emails. can the font be changed for INCOMING emails?thank you.

Comment by Guest, posted on Nov 17, 2008

i have same problem as Mornal123's. How do we change the font size of INCOMING emails? all of my aol stuff is very hard to read due to small size. thank you.

Comment by dfoxie, posted on Sep 09, 2008

I would appreciate an answer as well. Having the same problem

Comment by dfoxie, posted on Sep 09, 2008

I have the same problem and certainly would appreciate a solution

Comment by dfoxie, posted on Sep 09, 2008

I've encountered the same problem as Morna. I can adjust the emails I'm sending; however incoming emails are so small I can barely read them. So far, I haven't found a solution, so if someone out there knows how to make this happen, please send the fix our way

Comment by Guest, posted on Sep 04, 2008

how to change the font size on all incoming aol emails

Comment by jlands5736, posted on Jul 17, 2008

where is the font size on all aol e-mails that I can change so that when composing an e-mail I don't have to keep changing font size on each line?

Comment by Guest, posted on Jul 11, 2008

On AOL I want to change the font style, size and boldness. However, my AOL 9.0 Security Edition SE doesn't seem to have a place to do that as did earlier AOL Editions.

Comment by Elfis, posted on Jun 22, 2008

The new aol desktop doesn't seem to have that function and is there anywhere to ask the question?  No.  That's why aol sucks.com

Comment by Dick J, posted on Jun 11, 2008

Using Vista with all updates incoming AOL 9 mail shows all text as 6pt. Unreadable. All solutions I read and tried effect outgoing mail only.

Comment by golfmobile, posted on May 26, 2008

I understand how to change the font in one email in AOL. How do I change the default setting, so that EVERY email I compose has the same font setting? (We old folks need a larger default font size -- you can just be proud of us for trying to learn to use a computer!)

Thanks.

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