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5: Select the “Stationary and Fonts...” button.
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6: Select the options that you want to apply to the default font, such as font style and font size. On the Personal Stationery tab, under New mail messages, Replying or forwarding messages, or Composing and reading plain text messages choose Font to select the options that you want to apply to the default font, such as font style and font size.
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7: In the Font box, choose the font, style, size, and color that you want to use. You can see a preview of your changes as you make them in the preview box. (Please note that the “Set As Default” button may be greyed out. Your selection will still hold despite this.)
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