diff --git a/app/views/cms/_textile_article.rhtml b/app/views/cms/_textile_article.rhtml
index e7490c6..9cf0413 100644
--- a/app/views/cms/_textile_article.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/cms/_textile_article.rhtml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <%= labelled_form_field(_('Lead'), text_area(:article, 'abstract', :cols => 64, :rows => 10)) %>
 </div>
 <div style="margin-top: 10px;">
-  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), text_area(:article, 'body', :cols => 64)) %>
+  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), text_area(:article, 'body', :cols => 64, :rows => 30)) %>
 </div>
 
 <%= javascript_include_tag 'article'%>
diff --git a/app/views/cms/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml b/app/views/cms/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml
index b278ba6..d2d3c1e 100644
--- a/app/views/cms/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/cms/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
   <em><%= _('Used when a short version of your text is needed.') %></em>
 
   <div id="article-lead">
-    <%= labelled_form_field(_('Lead'), text_area(:article, 'abstract', :style => 'width: 100%; height: 300px;')) %>
+    <%= labelled_form_field(_('Lead'), text_area(:article, 'abstract', :style => 'width: 100%; height: 200px;')) %>
   </div>
   <div style="margin-top: 10px;">
-    <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), text_area(:article, 'body', :style => 'width:100%')) %>
+    <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), text_area(:article, 'body', :style => 'width:100%; height: 500px;')) %>
   </div>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/tasks/_textile_article.rhtml b/app/views/tasks/_textile_article.rhtml
index 0a27572..6801248 100644
--- a/app/views/tasks/_textile_article.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/tasks/_textile_article.rhtml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <%= labelled_form_field(_('Lead'), f.text_area(:abstract, :cols => 64, :rows => 10)) %>
 </div>
 <div id="article-body-field" style="margin-top: 10px;">
-  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), f.text_area(:body, :cols => 64)) %>
+  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), f.text_area(:body, :cols => 64, :rows => 30)) %>
 </div>
 
 <%= javascript_include_tag 'article'%>
diff --git a/app/views/tasks/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml b/app/views/tasks/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml
index 3859a4a..1bb197a 100644
--- a/app/views/tasks/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/tasks/_tiny_mce_article.rhtml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 <% end %>
 
 <div id="article-lead">
-  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Lead'), f.text_area(:abstract, :style => 'width: 100%; height: 300px;')) %>
+  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Lead'), f.text_area(:abstract, :style => 'width: 100%; height: 200px;')) %>
 </div>
 <div id="article-body-field" style="margin-top: 10px;">
-  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), f.text_area(:body, :style => 'width:100%')) %>
+  <%= labelled_form_field(_('Text'), f.text_area(:body, :style => 'width:100%; height: 500px;')) %>
 </div>
 
 <%= javascript_include_tag 'article' %>
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