Text disappears or distorted while typing on Outlook (Office 365)

Anonymous
2022-10-24T21:26:05+00:00

This has been an issue for a while. I'm using Outlook as part of Office 365 on my desktop, Dell XPS 8950. While writing an email, all of sudden, text disappears or gets distorted (e.g., some part of the text is shown and the other part is not). After scrolling up and down the mouse wheel, it usually returns to normal.

I've searched for a solution and found almost all suggested solutions say that I need to disable "overtype mode" as below. However, both options were already unchecked but the issue does not go away.

Text disappears as I type (microsoft.com)

TYPED TEXT DISAPPEARING BEFORE MY EYES ALL THE TIME WHILE TYPING EMAIL - Microsoft Community

If you know other causes or solutions, please let me know. This is really annoying and refuses to go away. If standalone Outlook (e.g., Office 2021) does not have this issue, please let me know. Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-04-14T14:20:01+00:00

    I have this problem with an NVIDIA RTX A2000 and Outlook 365.

    My NVIDIA RTX A2000 driver is 528.89 and my Outlook 365 version is 2302 Build 16.0.16130.20332 64-bit.

    It's extremely annoying when the text disappears while typing or becomes corrupted.

    As the original poster says, scrolling the mouse up and down fixes it, but it happens all day.

    Would really love a fix to this!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-02T19:35:57+00:00

    Im using nvidia drivers due having a GeForce 3060Ti.

    Having the same issue.
    Updated the latest updates in Windows 11.
    I have the latest Nvidia drivers.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-03T08:58:23+00:00

    Nvidia 3050, Win 11, all drivers up to date

    Having this problem in Office 365 Word and Outlook

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-22T20:04:56+00:00

    Happening here also. Win 11,

    Nvidia Geo 3060.

    All the latest drivers and updates.

    Very annoying!

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-23T13:18:54+00:00

    It definitely appears to be a Microsoft problem since it is affecting both NVIDIA and AMD powered systems. They need to get their act together and fix it. I won't have a surprise look on my face if they don't. They'll blame someone else and not care if only a few people that are complaining. It's extremely annoying.

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