[Dropped] Font size unreadable (small) but OK printed

[mwaterbury]

Edit: Split from Inconsistent Formatting Between OS's as this subject is different.

For the past several weeks, whenever I have typed a document and then transferred the content to email, the font has been coming up different from the way I have put it in. This happens especially with the 12-point font, which (sometimes within the same email) will come up as 14 points in part of the email text and no matter what I do, will not be changed. Could this be a problem with my email server?

Also, the size of the font as I type the text in may be unreadable - that is, too small - but will then come up true to size when I print it. Something is wrong. I've had Open Office for years, have never had this problem before. Do I need to download a new version of Open Office? If so, will there be instructions for transferring my documents from the current version? And if I do that, will the problem(s) be transferred into the new version? Please help.

[Villeroy]

Which font?
Which file format?
Which operating system? Your signature indicates WIndows XP. Are you serioius?
Which version of OpenOffice? Your signature indicates 3.1. Are you serioius?

[Bill]

...the size of the font as I type the text in may be unreadable - that is, too small - but will then come up true to size when I print it.

That suggests that you have changed the zoom setting (View > Zoom > Zoom factor) to make the display smaller on the monitor.

[RoryOF]

If you are getting different font sizes within the same email, how are these areas formatted in the original .odt file? Direct formatting or using Styles?