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Let us make the font size bigger (Zooming)

Make a way to make the font size in the application bigger.

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Gary shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
partially done  ·  Warren responded  · 

The zoom feature has released to the public ring. Using CRTL + or CTRL – zoom in and out on a Windows PC.

I need to correct the information I provided last month about MAC. It appears the MAC version is still in testing and hasn’t yet gone out to the public. It is “In Testing” but will be coming to the public soon!

The item tracking this specific update can be found at: https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/admin/v3/suggestions/16933183/activity

There now is a UI element that tells you your current zoom level and a Setting within the UI to preset your zoom preference.

Since the zoom feature could very well cover the vast majority of user needs, based on the majority of comments and feedback, I will flag this item as Partially Done.

Thank you for all the feedback and support!
-Warren

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  • Dorothy Cimarosti commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    There are a lot of comments. I did not sift through all of them and I could not find a concise list of what you are working on for this request. I want to make sure that I can also set the font COLOR and have it stick so that I don't have to keep setting it for every message I write. I want to be able to set a default font , font size, and font color.

  • Sean Ellis commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    In fact, the guidance is even stronger than that:

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    If you do only one thing...

    Respect the user's settings by always using the system font, sizes, and colors.

  • Sean Ellis commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Here's what Microsoft's own UI guidelines say about text sizes and fonts:

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    Accessibility and the system font, sizes, and colors

    The guidelines for making text accessible to users with disabilities or impairments can be boiled down to one simple rule: Respect the user's settings by always using the system font, sizes, and colors.

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    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn742483(v=vs.85).aspx

  • Román commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'm using a MICROSOFT SURFACE product. Screen resolution is 3000x2000 and I don't understand why the f you people didn't include font size option.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We switched from Skype to Team and can’t read messages because don’t is so small.

  • Lei commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The fix should only be make font size configurable. Force user to use a bigger size font is not acceptable.

  • Steve Minar commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    One solution would be to allow a viewer in chat to "full screen" the view (particularly when the presenter is sharing a desktop / document on the screen).

    Currently, vision impaired user has to ask the presenter to magnify the view, affecting all viewers, rather than being able to view documents full screen and additionally use magnification tools on her end.

  • Steve Minar commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We have a user that is visually challenged.

    Teams Chat doesn't appear to natively support zoom / magnify, making it unusable for her to participate in video chat and screen sharing. We have to switch to GoToMeeting.

    We're looking for better accessibility support. Perhaps there's a solution we're missing?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    While you're working on it, please add the ability to change the background color and font color on the Apps Planner. I find that the default view of light purple is it (?) text on white background is very hard to read. Not enough contrast. I find myself having to switch from Teams to Planner just to be able to read comfortably. Thanks!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Especially if I am using an iPad, not a phone...
    Mostly I use this because I generally am not limited to 4pt-font size!

  • Lei commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It is as important to make the font size smaller. Key is that we need be able to set default font size.

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