Why does not Apple-T bring up Fonts palette in Calendar text like it does in most other applications?

In most programs in OS X, pressing Apple-T brings up a palette for choosing and manipulating font properties. In Microsoft Outlook 2011, when typing text into a Calendar appointment for example, this doesn't work and I have to activate it through a context menu item. How can I keep MS Outlook from hijacking the apple-T?  The palette works fine in the Calendar text field, so I know it's not incompatible, it's just the keypress that doesn't work to bring it up. Any way to make it work as in other programs?