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
    2015-04-01T13:08:10+00:00

    It doesn't fix anything in my Sony Vaio VPCF1 Win 8.1 x64 machine... still blurry.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-30T14:52:26+00:00

    Un-checking the above options fixed the problem for me. Specifically "use subpixels". I haven't had an issue since.

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  3. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-03-30T12:19:04+00:00

    If you have Word 2013, like the original poster, or Word 2010, FILE is the leftmost tab on the Ribbon. If you have Word 2007, the equivalent is the Office button. This problem seems to have been reported only on Word 2013, however.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-03-30T10:13:01+00:00

    HELLO... you indicated 'FILE" as the starting option, please where may i find it ??/

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