Word 2013 a complete disaster.

[tonyz3]

No issues for me on both of my two external 23 inch monitors. Have you tried to calibrate the clear type. Also didn't you mention in another thread that you keep your screen set to 160 or 170% I would start with the clear type calibration. Also search the threads for someone who posted their color calibration file. It shows up as Samsung but really made my screen 100% better after using it.

 

[Arizona Willie]

I have no problem with Word 2013 doc's on my ASUS 24" monitor. I suspect you have a video card problem or even a bad connection or cable.

 

[Series7man]

Same here. I have Word 2013 and Word 2010. Looking at the same document in both on a 24" monitor. No difference.

 

[mitchellvii]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Don't know what is happening on your screens but on mine Word 2013 looks HORRIBLE and Word 2007 looks AWESOME. Here is a screen capture comparing the two. This on a 21.5 inch 1920 x 1080p IPS monitor.


As you can see, Word 2013 looks pretty awful. Word 2007 is taking advantage of ClearType, Word 2013 is not.

I initially thought Access 2013 was ok but on second look it's just as bad. Here's a screen shot of Access 2013 on my monitor:



Again the menu fonts are VERY jagged. No anti-aliasing at all.

Here is Access 2003. Very nice smooth fonts:

 

[Nuspieds]

I have a Dell 30" and Word 2013 looks great on it; no font issues whatsoever.

 

[mitchellvii]

I have a Dell 30" and Word 2013 looks great on it; no font issues whatsoever.

Can you do a screen capture for me? Thanks in advance.

I have read other forums with users having this same issue so I don't think I am having a hardware issue here.

 

[compnovo]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Don't know what is happening on your screens but on mine Word 2013 looks HORRIBLE and Word 2007 looks AWESOME. Here is a screen capture comparing the two. This on a 21.5 inch 1920 x 1080p IPS monitor.

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As you can see, Word 2013 looks pretty awful. Word 2007 is taking advantage of ClearType, Word 2013 is not.

I initially thought Access 2013 was ok but on second look it's just as bad. Here's a screen shot of Access 2013 on my monitor:

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Again the menu fonts are VERY jagged. No anti-aliasing at all.

Here is Access 2003. Very nice smooth fonts:

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On my screen all four of your screenshots look equally good. You must have something going on with your PC.

 

[mitchellvii]

On my screen all four of your screenshots look equally good. You must have something going on with your PC.

Wait what? Not possible. These are images, not renders. There is no possible way they all look the same on your screen. If I take a picture of a pixelated font it will look pixelated on any screen of the same size. You mean they look the same on your large external monitor? Again, not possible.

Here is another capture I just did of Word 2013 at Actual Page sizing. It is unreadable on a large monitor. Looks fine on the Surface because it is so compressed.

 

[Nuspieds]

Can you do a screen capture for me? Thanks in advance.

I have read other forums with users having this same issue so I don't think I am having a hardware issue here.

Here it is, in 200% zoom:

 

[mitchellvii]

Thanks for that, but anything looks good at 200% zoom. At 100% zoom you can't even read it. Please do a screen cap at 100% zoom.

 

[Nuspieds]

Thanks for that, but anything looks good at 200% zoom. At 100% zoom you can't even read it. Please do a screen cap at 100% zoom.

Sorry, my bad, I thought you were experiencing problems in the zoom. Here it is in 100% zoom:

 

[mitchellvii]

Yep, that's pretty bad.

It is confirmed that MS has done away with ClearType anti-aliasing in Windows 8 Metro and Office 2013. Read here:

Office 2013: Further Evidence of the Demise of ClearType? » Quppa's Blog

Their reasoning is that most of the high DPI tablets (such as the Surface Pro) don't need it and ClearType doesn't play well with rotating screens, as in tablets. Unfortunately, for those of us dinosaurs still using good old monitors, we are screwed.

So is MS forcing us to buy their Surface Pro by making Office 2013 look terrible on our PC screens? Sorry but this is getting VERY OLD, VERY FAST.