I'm missing something here. If you can change it for reading, and writing,
(composing), I'm not sure what you are asking.

If you mean Message | New, or Message New - Using, You have to put the
cursor in the Message Body area before any changes will be able to take
place.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"E. T. Culling" wrote in message
...
I know how to change the size of the font for reading and writing messages,
but I don't know how to change the font size in the upper "Messages" area.
They all seem to be about an 8 and that's too small for me. I've looked at
options but don't seem to have found the answer.
TIA, Eleanor