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

    worked for me.

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-09T10:40:00+00:00

    Pete,

    I haven't tried Office 2010 on Windows 8.1.

    I did try Office 2013 on Windows 7 and the font rendering was almost as bad as it is on Windows 8. 

    I do remember reading a comment from someone on one of these threads (I can't find it now) and they said Office 2010 renders fonts clearly on Windows 8.

    If I get a chance tonight, I will install Office 2010 on Windows 8.1 and see what it looks like.

    Thanks for replying Dr Geek.  I'll be very interested to know what you find if you do get a chance to test Office 2010 in Windows 8.1.

    If Office 2010 is just as clear in Windows 8.1 as in Windows 7 you'd assume it was a pretty straightforward for Microsoft to give you the option of disabling their new blurry font rendering system-wide for non tablet users.

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