Text disappearing and reappearing while typing MS word

Anonymous
2022-10-18T02:21:04+00:00

Hey All,

Running windows 11. ASUS m16.

Today a very weird quirk in word cropped up. As I'm typing, words that I've just typed will have random letters disappear and then reappear. When I delete something, sometimes the thing I just deleted will reappear on the document only to disappear when I'm typing elsewhere. No lag or anything happening, just randomly disappearing characters and reluctantly deleted words. Any idea if this is an issue related to a recent patch?

Cheers,

Nate

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For education | Windows

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Anonymous
2023-05-10T09:01:09+00:00

Enabling typing suggestions as suggested by MH524 on 23rd Feb 2023 seems to reduce, but not fully fix the issue for me. However, the suggestion popups are VERY distracting! Perhaps the suggestions popup causes a refresh of the image which clears the missing characters.

HOWEVER, I THINK I FOUND A FIX, based on this idea of "refreshing".

I found an article on techpowerup entitled "Graphical glitch in Word and Outlook (Office 365)".

I don't have GeForce Experience installed, but I do have Nvidia control panel, so I did the following things (I'm not sure that all of them are needed), but this is now fixed and working for me:

  1. In Nvidia control panel, I added Word and Outlook as separate programs to my "Manage 3D settings" under the "Program Settings" tab and for both I set the following:
  2. "Low latency mode" = Ultra.
  3. "power management mode = Nvidia recommended
  4. "preferred refresh rate = highest available.
  5. "vertical sync" = on

I restarted Word and Outlook and the disappearing characters are gone!

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-03T18:50:56+00:00

    I have the same issue on my PC.

    • Dell XPS 8950
    • Intel Core i7-12700
    • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (came with the PC)
    • NVIDIA Driver Version 31.0.15.2824
    • Windows 11 Home Version 22H2 (build 22621.1194)
    • Microsoft 365: Microsoft Office Version 2301 (Build 16026.20146) Current Channel
    • Mouse: Microsoft (driver: Microsoft 10.0.22621.1)
    • Keyboard: Logitech K360 (driver: Microsoft 10.0.22621.1)

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-05T16:54:29+00:00

    This isn't just NVIDIA, I am having this same issue with an AMD GPU. Only happens on Microsoft Word App and is driving me crazy and very distracting.

    Intel i5-13600KF, AMD Radeon 6700xt with latest drivers, Windows 11.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-13T15:14:49+00:00

    Hey MS, I have the same issue. Intel CPU/NVIDIA GPU/drivers, Win 11.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-15T16:30:28+00:00

    What a shame. they are unable to fix their most expansive product.

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