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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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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"
Under file there is no "options"???
Doug. I'm calling you out in regards to your long-winded post. 95% of it has absolutely no relevance to the blurry text problem.
Your post is just an attempt to justify your existence. Got to be seen to be doing something eh? Even if is irrelevant. Wally of "Dilbert" fame would be proud of you.
Dear Geek:
Sorry, I disagree. First, Doug wasn't replying to your specific situation, so you can't call him out on the addins part of his reply.
Second, since the reply that was marked "Answer" at the start of the discussion has not helped you you have to look at alternate fixes. One of the most common causes of "unknown" or generic problems in Office is addons and external 3rd party programs that interact badly with Office.
Third. We are not paid for our work here, so we don't have to do this to justify anything. We try to help people because we like to. Ingrates like you just turn us off. Enough snarky comments and "... we just take our bat and ball and go play with someone else ..." so everyone else loses.
Fourth, since your situation is significantly different than the original poster you would be better served by posting a new question. That way you could explain your unique situation AND the previously posted suggestions that you have tried. You would get replies that are focused on you, not on this long rambling discussion that has already been marked answered.
I installed Office 2013 on clean installs of Windows 8 and later 8.1. No other third party software whatsoever had been installed. In both cases the text was so blurry I could not use Office 2013 at all.
Doug. I'm calling you out in regards to your long-winded post. 95% of it has absolutely no relevance to the blurry text problem.
Your post is just an attempt to justify your existence. Got to be seen to be doing something eh? Even if is irrelevant. Wally of "Dilbert" fame would be proud of you.
The reality is that Microsoft have no sensible customer-focused answer to the blurry text problem.
Thanks for the list. I've been pulling out my hair since last night (I've got a job to do; writing) and went through the ideas for fixing Office. Also tried reinstalling the drivers for video card and monitor (even though there've been no updates since last), played around with the graphical settings for my video card drivers, OS color settings, monitor settings, the works.
Don't know where along the road my problem was fixed, but the ants are now dead; my letters are rock solid as in every other program, such as good old Notepad :D
Now, back to work, and thanks again for the help :)