Set the default font in Outlook

[petben]

Hello, we use a mix of the installed version of Outlook 365 and the web version. I have been tasked with setting the default font for all new/reply emails (!)..Research shows that it is not possible in the web version, and there may be some reg hack for the full installed version. I know soon there will be a web version, but I need some weight to my argument of how pointless/difficult (or not) this is.

 

Anyone setting default font in Outlook?

[Oaktech]

It is possible...

 

Connect-ExchangeOnline

 

Get-Mailbox -ResultSize unlimited | Set-MailboxMessageConfiguration -DefaultFontName "Trebuchet MS" -DefaultFontSize "12"

 

Change whatever settings you need in here - one of my schools runs 12pt Trebuchet because it's the school font.

 

Check it's applied...

 

Get-Mailbox user.name |Get-MailboxMessageConfiguration | Select Name,DefaultFontName,DefaultFontSize

 

It took 12 hours to apply to all users.

[petben]

oh, thanks.. that's kind of disappointing!

 

Looking at a users get-mailboxconfiguration the font is currently set as:

 

DefaultFontName : Calibri

DefaultFontSize : 3

 

The font in a new email is Calibri 12, is there something funny with the DefaultFontSize setting?

[Oaktech]

All my tenancies show Calibri 11, except the one that I've set to be Trebuchet 12...

 

I've just had a poke at it in a test environment and if I set Calibri 3 I get Calibri 12 which suggests it's got a minimum and ignores anything below it.

 

Maybe just try it - set Segoe UI 12 and see if it rolls out? The vast majority of people aren't going to notice.

 

Go on, test it in production!

[psydii]

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Go on, test it in production!

 

Where else would one test? :-/

 

 

Apropos of nothing:

 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/microsoft-changes-default-font-in-word-and-other-apps-for-the-first-time-since-2007/