why the fonts in word 2013 are blurry?

Anonymous
2013-01-31T05:32:47+00:00

rendering the fonts in word 2013 is horrible! 

Will Microsoft change it?

This is a similar problem like with Internet Explorer 9 & 10.

What is going on?

IE8 works good, Office 2010 also...

Then?

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2013-02-07T22:33:51+00:00

Check under File>Options>Advanced>Display and check the box for "Use subpixel positioning to smooth fonts on screen" and also try changing the setting for "Disable hardware graphics acceleration"

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-02-20T03:46:19+00:00

    I ran into the same problem, and found that if I turned off dpi scaling the fonts immediately looked sharp and crisp. For a full explanation with screenshots see: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/blurry-fonts-poor-display-scaling-office-2013

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-02-09T18:05:25+00:00

    hafsahaz, what exactly did you do to get a good resolution.  I have followed many of the steps and still have blur - after a year.  Some of the options are too complex for my brain but I've worked with all the settings in File - Options - Advanced and anything else I can find in Display settings.  Running Windows 8 Outlook 2013 new ASUS laptop last year.  Really unhappy.  Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-02-09T11:56:33+00:00

    Thank you so much!! You have no idea how long I've been annoyed by the blurred view.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-26T06:23:20+00:00

    Dear Doug,

    I have a problem with blurry text in the body of Word  3013 documents. It is curious that Word commands, toolbars etc are all clear and the same body text in Excel 2013 is clearer (see attached snip). I have used the same font and size in Excel and Word.

    I have followed many of your suggestions in this forum and have seen some minor improvements, but so far these have not solved the problem:

    ·         Checking video driver for the I5 processor trying several drivers, believe I am using the latest.

    ·         Dissable hardware graphics accelerator  on and off

    ·         Use subpixel positioning to smooth…    on and off

    ·         Playing with ClearType settings

     

    I have loaded some other software (including Abbyy Translation), but the fuzziness problem prexisted these.

     

    I use Word for most of the day and so this fuzziness is very irritating but the fact that the body text displays better in Excel gives me hope.

     

    Any suggestions would be very welcome

     

    I have an old HP Pavilion computer with a Cupertino motheboard and upgraded the Processor from an Intel I3 to an Intel I5 and 8G of ram. This worked fine with my old HDD, WIndows 7 and Office 2007.I have recently installed a new SSD and loaded new Windows 7 and new Office 2013, this is when the problem started.

    I have exactly the same problem (on a modern desktop PC).

    Text in Office 2010 on Windows 7 is perfectly clear.

    Text in Office 2013 on Windows 7 and Windows 8 is appalling. It is so unbelievably blurry I simply cannot use it. 

    I have tried every fix listed by Rohn007 and none make any noticeable difference.

    I have now given up on Office 2013 and reverted back to Office 2010.

    I have also reverted back to IE10 on Windows 7 because IE11 has the same faulty font rendering API.

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