How do I set a default font for the free-text area of a Contact?

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Summer Lover - 26 Apr 2006 21:01 GMT

How do I set up a default font for the free-text area of a Contact dialogue?
I have set up default fonts for new email messages and forwarding and
replying to messages, but the font that automatically defaults in the Contact
window is a different font than any I have designated elsewhere. I end up
having to change it everytime I type additional info within a contact.

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Brian Tillman - 27 Apr 2006 03:17 GMT

> How do I set up a default font for the free-text area of a Contact
> dialogue? I have set up default fonts for new email messages and
> forwarding and replying to messages, but the font that automatically
> defaults in the Contact window is a different font than any I have
> designated elsewhere. I end up having to change it everytime I type
> additional info within a contact.

While I can set the font for individual contact records, I can find no
setting that changes the default for all, so I suspect it's set in the form
itself. Perhaps you can define a new form with the font size you want.
Perhaps one of the MVPs familiar with forms will verify.

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 28 Apr 2006 07:55 GMT

The body of a contact uses for its default font the same font that's defined as the default for mail messages. It's not possible to have a different default for different types of items or to define a default font with a custom form.

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>> How do I set up a default font for the free-text area of a Contact
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> itself. Perhaps you can define a new form with the font size you want.
> Perhaps one of the MVPs familiar with forms will verify.

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Summer Lover - 28 Apr 2006 16:11 GMT

Sue, the font that appears in the body of my contacts is Ariel Black which is
not the same as any of the default fonts for my email. For new messages, the
font is Trebuchet MS and for forwards and replys it is Tahoma. So where is
the Ariel Black coming from?

> The body of a contact uses for its default font the same font that's defined as the default for mail messages. It's not possible to have a different default for different types of items or to define a default font with a custom form.
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> > itself. Perhaps you can define a new form with the font size you want.
> > Perhaps one of the MVPs familiar with forms will verify.

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 29 Apr 2006 14:47 GMT

I don't know. I've never seen any behavior other than that I described. Let us know if you find a clue.

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> Sue, the font that appears in the body of my contacts is Ariel Black which is
> not the same as any of the default fonts for my email. For new messages, the
> font is Trebuchet MS and for forwards and replys it is Tahoma. So where is
> the Ariel Black coming from?
>
>> The body of a contact uses for its default font the same font that's defined as the default for mail messages. It's not possible to have a different default for different types of items or to define a default font with a custom form.

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>> > itself. Perhaps you can define a new form with the font size you want.
>> > Perhaps one of the MVPs familiar with forms will verify.

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