Yeah, we know it does. And it looks even worse if it is animated. I have
been doing data gathering
on systems that have this problem for quite some time. No one has yet been
able to tie down exactly what is causing it.
Bill D posted some ideas for cutting down on the impact of the scruffies in
March. His ideas are:
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can't answer questions about you going mad, but perhaps we can help with
the whole PowerPoint thing. It sounds like you may be suffering from STS
(Scruffy Text Syndrome). The symptoms are:
In a presentation with a slide that has ...
1) High contrast text/background
2) Animation of text or object on slide
3) Shadowed text (either method)
4) Low screen resolution
the show text will look scruffy. This can also be termed pixilated,
anti-aliased, jagged, poor quality, and just plain ugly.
The cure is a little complicated, but follows 2 main treatment plans.
1) Reduce any/all of the contributing factors listed above
2) Minimize the effect on your presentation. If you copy the slide that
will have text that uses an exit animation, you may be able to copy the
slide, and apply the animation to only the second slide. This will keep the
text crisp for as long as possible.
<end quote>
I would love it if you would post a description of your system, including
any of the following
that you know:
- Video card involved
- Video drivers and their versions
- Monitor type; flat panel, tube monitor, projector, other?
- Fonts involved
- Screen resolution
- Font smoothing settings from control panel
- PowerPoint Version
- Windows Version
- Background color
- Font used
- Font color
- Animation on slide (this text? other text? what type of animation?)
- Exactly where you're seeing the "scruffy" text; in editing, slide
show, printing, other?
I know it is a lot of information, but the more we know the easier it gets
to track down the problem.
Thanks!
(The reason this reply is so long is that I am trying to get it all in one
place in Google's archive. Makes it easier to answer next time.)
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