Why do fonts in powerpoint look jagged and squished?

J

Julie

I installed Powerpoint 2003 on a new laptop and the fonts, especially on
graphs, look jagged and squished. This is true regardless of what font I use
(ariel, TNR, etc). When I edit the same file on another computer, the slides
look jagged at first, but after opening the graph and then immediately
closing it, the fonts return to a "normal" look.
 
S

Sandy

First: Do you have your graphs animated? This sometimes impacts text. Also,
when resizing your graphs be sure to do so only when you are in edit mode for
the graph. Resizing it as an object will distort the text.

Otherwize, this might help - but it is sometimes a problem in PowerPoint:

Go to settings, display property > appearance > effects > "use the
following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" from "cleartype" to
"standard"
 
J

Julie

Thanks Sandy. My graphs are not animated, and I have not resized them - this
problem occurs even when just looking at the default bar chart. The word
slides look a little better - it's the graphs that look real bad.

My display is already set to "standard" and I tried changing it to
"cleartype" and that didn't make any difference. This new laptop has a wide
screen (15.4") so it is more rectangular than other screens, and I'm
wondering if that makes a difference. I bought the laptop to take with me on
the road to do presentations, but it looks so bad I can't use it.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Julie
 
J

Julie

Changing the display size made the viewable screen extend beyond the edges of
the physical screen.
What do you mean by "check the docs for special function keys"? Is there
something in PowerPoint that does this? Pleas provide more detail.
Thanks,,
Julie
 
W

Wing

I got this problem also. Specially when the font display in graph with
animation. Any other ideas to solve this problem? I created the ppt for other
people, can't always tell them need to change their computer's setting to
make sure the ppt display well.
 
G

Glen Millar

Hi,

This is a number of reasons:

JAGGIES in pie charts
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00066.htm

Animated text goes jagged in Screen Show
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00510.htm

It also seems worse with white text on a blue background. Hope that helps.


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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
www.powerpointworkbench.com

Australia

glen at powerpointworkbench dot com

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