why the fonts in word 2013 are blurry?

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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 MVP Volunteer Moderator

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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Anonymous

2014-04-10T05:59:18+00:00

Pete,

I thought I had a spare licence for Office 2010 but it turns out I don't.

Therefore I have been unable to try it on windows 8.1. :(
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Anonymous

2014-04-15T09:44:33+00:00

Thanks for trying Dr. Geek - that's a shame you've not got a spare copy. I'll have a look through the forums to see if I can find anyone running Office 2010 in Windows 8.1. If you're feeling adventurous and have the time I wonder if Open Office equiv of word would look clear in Windows 8.1? Guess I'm just wondering if it's a system wide problem in Win 8.1, or if you can largely avoid it. But not to worry if you don't fancy trying that, and I may well plump for a Win 7 machine anyway, as not sure I wanna go through the additional learning curve of Win 8.1. Though the blurry font seems the main problem!

all the best,

Pete
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Anonymous

2014-05-27T06:03:50+00:00

worked for me.
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Anonymous

2014-05-27T06:04:51+00:00

Thanks for the help, it was the "Disable hardware graphics acceleration" that was the problem.
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