

Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 8: On the Start Screen, search for ClearType. Step 1: Use the "ClearType Text Tuner" Setting Otherwise, skip to the next section titled All Other Symptoms.

If your symptom is "Poorly Displayed Text in Office Documents," try the following solutions first. For the symptom: Poorly Displayed Text in Office Documents The resolution varies depending on your version of Windows and the symptom you are experiencing. Note Hardware acceleration that uses the video card is always disabled when Office is running in a Remote Desktop session, and also when the application is started in safe mode. The hardware acceleration function of the operating system relies on up-to-date and compatible display drivers. This includes relying on hardware acceleration, which is managed through the operating system.

Office 2013 and later versions use a more efficient and accelerated method to draw the Office UI and the content. You may experience these symptoms if you have a video configuration on your computer that is incompatible with the Office feature set that is responsible for displaying the application and for animations in the application.
