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Poor font quality in word 2007
I have upgraded to word 2007 but although everything on the screen is pin
sharp, anything i type into a word document apears multi colored and faint. forward slash is half the intensity of vertical lines. Horizontal lines in a font are twice as strong as vertical lines. Tried screen resolution and intensity and everything is fine except what i type ?? any thoughts ?? |
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Poor font quality in word 2007
Word (and Office in general) can be pretty demanding of display drivers,
often using features that don't get tested/used by other programs. I would try updating the display driver to see if this improves matters. FWIW... I'm not seeing what you're seeing in Word 2007. Hence, my suspicion that the problem is something other than Word itself. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Spec7" wrote in message ... I have upgraded to word 2007 but although everything on the screen is pin sharp, anything i type into a word document apears multi colored and faint. forward slash is half the intensity of vertical lines. Horizontal lines in a font are twice as strong as vertical lines. Tried screen resolution and intensity and everything is fine except what i type ?? any thoughts ?? |
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Poor font quality in word 2007
We are have the same issue. Updating the video driver does not resolve this
issue. We recently rolled office 2007 on a rather large scale, however we are seeing this issue with a handful of users, 5 of them (so far). It appears in word and outlook. However excel and Powerpoint appear normal. If you encrease the font size in word the fonts go to black (default). All settings appear normal. Fonts in all other apps appear correctly. Any ideas on this bizzare issue? Thanks, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Word (and Office in general) can be pretty demanding of display drivers, often using features that don't get tested/used by other programs. I would try updating the display driver to see if this improves matters. FWIW... I'm not seeing what you're seeing in Word 2007. Hence, my suspicion that the problem is something other than Word itself. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Spec7" wrote in message ... I have upgraded to word 2007 but although everything on the screen is pin sharp, anything i type into a word document apears multi colored and faint. forward slash is half the intensity of vertical lines. Horizontal lines in a font are twice as strong as vertical lines. Tried screen resolution and intensity and everything is fine except what i type ?? any thoughts ?? |
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Poor font quality in word 2007
If the screens are of the LCD type (and most are these days), check that 'cleartype' is active - see Windows Help for details.
-- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "MarkusB5" wrote in message ... We are have the same issue. Updating the video driver does not resolve this issue. We recently rolled office 2007 on a rather large scale, however we are seeing this issue with a handful of users, 5 of them (so far). It appears in word and outlook. However excel and Powerpoint appear normal. If you encrease the font size in word the fonts go to black (default). All settings appear normal. Fonts in all other apps appear correctly. Any ideas on this bizzare issue? Thanks, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Word (and Office in general) can be pretty demanding of display drivers, often using features that don't get tested/used by other programs. I would try updating the display driver to see if this improves matters. FWIW... I'm not seeing what you're seeing in Word 2007. Hence, my suspicion that the problem is something other than Word itself. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Spec7" wrote in message ... I have upgraded to word 2007 but although everything on the screen is pin sharp, anything i type into a word document apears multi colored and faint. forward slash is half the intensity of vertical lines. Horizontal lines in a font are twice as strong as vertical lines. Tried screen resolution and intensity and everything is fine except what i type ?? any thoughts ?? |
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Poor font quality in word 2007
Thanks, for the tip. I just tried it, rebooted and no effect. Issue remains.
It appears to only happen in fonts 12 and below and only in outlook and word. "macropod" wrote: If the screens are of the LCD type (and most are these days), check that 'cleartype' is active - see Windows Help for details. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "MarkusB5" wrote in message ... We are have the same issue. Updating the video driver does not resolve this issue. We recently rolled office 2007 on a rather large scale, however we are seeing this issue with a handful of users, 5 of them (so far). It appears in word and outlook. However excel and Powerpoint appear normal. If you encrease the font size in word the fonts go to black (default). All settings appear normal. Fonts in all other apps appear correctly. Any ideas on this bizzare issue? Thanks, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Word (and Office in general) can be pretty demanding of display drivers, often using features that don't get tested/used by other programs. I would try updating the display driver to see if this improves matters. FWIW... I'm not seeing what you're seeing in Word 2007. Hence, my suspicion that the problem is something other than Word itself. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Spec7" wrote in message ... I have upgraded to word 2007 but although everything on the screen is pin sharp, anything i type into a word document apears multi colored and faint. forward slash is half the intensity of vertical lines. Horizontal lines in a font are twice as strong as vertical lines. Tried screen resolution and intensity and everything is fine except what i type ?? any thoughts ?? |
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Poor font quality in word 2007
Upon further research, it appears to happen the majority of the time with the
calibri font. some user will have other fonts that do this too like cambria, arial, and a few others, which is why changing the font early on did not appear to help. other users the issue seems more confined to calibri. The following is a work around not a resolution but it may help. If you change to a more traditional font like times new roman the issue does not reoccur. For some users the font will still have some fuzz and 'colored glow' to it. changeing the dektop color to black emiminates the glow (this will not affect the wallpaper) and using a higher resolution eliminates the fuzz. For users that have trouble seeing this if you increase the icon and font size's this seems to help. "MarkusB5" wrote: Thanks, for the tip. I just tried it, rebooted and no effect. Issue remains. It appears to only happen in fonts 12 and below and only in outlook and word. "macropod" wrote: If the screens are of the LCD type (and most are these days), check that 'cleartype' is active - see Windows Help for details. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "MarkusB5" wrote in message ... We are have the same issue. Updating the video driver does not resolve this issue. We recently rolled office 2007 on a rather large scale, however we are seeing this issue with a handful of users, 5 of them (so far). It appears in word and outlook. However excel and Powerpoint appear normal. If you encrease the font size in word the fonts go to black (default). All settings appear normal. Fonts in all other apps appear correctly. Any ideas on this bizzare issue? Thanks, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Word (and Office in general) can be pretty demanding of display drivers, often using features that don't get tested/used by other programs. I would try updating the display driver to see if this improves matters. FWIW... I'm not seeing what you're seeing in Word 2007. Hence, my suspicion that the problem is something other than Word itself. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Spec7" wrote in message ... I have upgraded to word 2007 but although everything on the screen is pin sharp, anything i type into a word document apears multi colored and faint. forward slash is half the intensity of vertical lines. Horizontal lines in a font are twice as strong as vertical lines. Tried screen resolution and intensity and everything is fine except what i type ?? any thoughts ?? |
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Poor font quality in word 2007
FWIW, I had to turn ClearType OFF to get the results I wanted.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "MarkusB5" wrote in message ... Upon further research, it appears to happen the majority of the time with the calibri font. some user will have other fonts that do this too like cambria, arial, and a few others, which is why changing the font early on did not appear to help. other users the issue seems more confined to calibri. The following is a work around not a resolution but it may help. If you change to a more traditional font like times new roman the issue does not reoccur. For some users the font will still have some fuzz and 'colored glow' to it. changeing the dektop color to black emiminates the glow (this will not affect the wallpaper) and using a higher resolution eliminates the fuzz. For users that have trouble seeing this if you increase the icon and font size's this seems to help. "MarkusB5" wrote: Thanks, for the tip. I just tried it, rebooted and no effect. Issue remains. It appears to only happen in fonts 12 and below and only in outlook and word. "macropod" wrote: If the screens are of the LCD type (and most are these days), check that 'cleartype' is active - see Windows Help for details. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "MarkusB5" wrote in message ... We are have the same issue. Updating the video driver does not resolve this issue. We recently rolled office 2007 on a rather large scale, however we are seeing this issue with a handful of users, 5 of them (so far). It appears in word and outlook. However excel and Powerpoint appear normal. If you encrease the font size in word the fonts go to black (default). All settings appear normal. Fonts in all other apps appear correctly. Any ideas on this bizzare issue? Thanks, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Word (and Office in general) can be pretty demanding of display drivers, often using features that don't get tested/used by other programs. I would try updating the display driver to see if this improves matters. FWIW... I'm not seeing what you're seeing in Word 2007. Hence, my suspicion that the problem is something other than Word itself. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Spec7" wrote in message ... I have upgraded to word 2007 but although everything on the screen is pin sharp, anything i type into a word document apears multi colored and faint. forward slash is half the intensity of vertical lines. Horizontal lines in a font are twice as strong as vertical lines. Tried screen resolution and intensity and everything is fine except what i type ?? any thoughts ?? |
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