How to Customize the Mail App Fonts and Colors on Mac. Open the Mail app on your Mac, click on Mail, and choose Preferences from the Menu Bar. You can also press “Command Key (⌘) +,” after opening the Mail app to open the preferences window directly. Now select the Fonts & Colours tab from the given options. Jan 19, 2019 Line spacing in Mail.app I've found no way to change the leading (line spacing) in Mac Mail. So, I often keep a blank TextEdit file open, into which I can paste any HTML, or Rich Text, or similarly formatted text. Then, I copy the text from TextEdit and paste it back into the e-mail. For information on changing font sizes, see Change the font size in Outlook for Mac. Embed a link. Hyperlinked text is underlined and displayed in a blue font, but you can edit the font, size, color, and style. Highlight the word or words that you want to turn into a link.
Outlook on the Mac, will use Calibri as its default message font, so as to be compatible with the default 11pt Calibri used in Outlook in Office 2007/2010/2013 on a PC. Office for Mac 2011 installs Calibri into OS X system font locations. Outlook in Office 2016 for Mac (business, $230USD), like other Office 2016 applications, has Microsoft fonts retained in each application bundle — not installed into OS X system font locations.
Without Office for Mac 2011 installed, you cannot change Apple Mail Preferences to use the Calibri Message font, and avoid the current font substitution issue that you are experiencing with the PC Outlook recipients. Either pick an Apple Mail Preferences Message font on the Mac that is known to be installed by Windows, or MS Office on the PC, or use Outlook on the Mac (which would require the more expensive Office for Mac 2011 Business version. If you change to Calibri in Apple Mail, then other mail recipients without Calibri installed will undergo a font substitution.
Certain actions that you perform on your Mac will cause default apps to open. For example, clicking a document may open Pages. But what if you want Microsoft Word to open instead? You can also set your default web browser and email reader.
Here's how!
How to change the default Mac app for specific file types
- Right-click on a file that uses the file type you'd like to change the default for. For example, one with a .jpg extension (a photo).
- Click on Get Info in the pop-up.
- Click Open With if the section isn't already expanded.
- Click the dropdown and choose an app.Source: iMore
- Click Change All...
- Click Continue when the Finder asks you if you're sure.Source: iMore
Now any time you open a file with that extension, the Finder will automatically open it with the app you've selected.
How to set your default web browser
- Launch System Preferences from the dock, Finder, or by clicking the Apple icon in the Menu bar.
- Click General at the top left of the window.
- Click the dropdown next to Default web browser.
- Click the web browser you'd like to use as the default.Source: iMore
How to set your default email reader
Mail is likely the default email app on your Mac, but just in case you have others downloaded, you can set the default reader. Here's how:
- Launch Mail from your dock or the Finder.
- Click Mail in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
- Click Preferences.
- Click the dropdown next to Default Mail Reader.
- Click the app you'd like to set as the default.Source: iMore
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