Are you using stationery to compose? If so, the font could be specified in
the stationery so you can't change it. Try composing with no stationery and
see if you can change the font size then.

steve

"Mason C" <masonc2@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:eu13o15echs1lan535i1h4s336a8akbpmj@4ax.com...
> This time I did look at Help.
>
> I cannot change the font size, as I need to for a
> sight-impaired friend I mail to.
>
> I don't care about *my* screen though it would
> be nice if it represented what is being sent.
>
> The obvious font toolbar changes style but
> does nothing with the size -- just ignores my
> mouse.
>
> I can use "Format Style: Heading 1" but that sets style
> as well as size. Is this also in MSIE? (which I don't use?)
>
> Mason C