Outlook 2003 - Large Font When Creating Email Message

Symptom:
When creating a new email message, the font size is very large. However if you send the email to someone, it arives looking fine.

Cause:
This problem can occur when Word 2003 is selected as your default email editor and rich text message reader and editor.

What to do:
Simply remove the setting and everything should work fine.

Go To: Tools -> Options, then click on the "Mail Format" tab and uncheck both options that begin with "Use Microsoft Office Word 2003..."