Writing SUPERIMPOSED over other lines of text

[DavidF]

Which version of Publisher are you using?

DavidF

 

[Stevan]

I have a web site at www.timesaversforteachers.com. One of my customers has
complained that lines that she sees on my home page are difficult to read as
they are on top of one another (she has written to me about the same problem
a year ago). I checked the site from my computer and several others and
everything seems ok. Why do you think she is seeing superimposed text and
are there some settings that she could adjust that would make the page
appear normal for her? Thank you for your response. Her email is listed
below:

" have Internet Explorer but some of the writing or letters on the page or
superimposed over other lines of your homepage. I don't know how to explain
it to you. It is not clear and it looks bad to the point that you can't
read what it says because on word is over another word. I did respond
before. I hope this helps. It may be html wrapping the message around
graphics or something."

 

[DavidF]

Stevan,

I am not an expert, but enjoy the challenge of using Publisher to create
websites, and this is in spite of the fact that I would probably be better
off using Frontpage, or some other more suitable tool. I have stayed with
Publisher 2000 because of the issues you describe with 2003, and some of the
notable limitations of 2002. I certainly hope that the next generation of
Publisher is an improvement over 2003, and David Bartosik has certainly
worked hard with MS to make that happen...only time will tell how responsive
MS will be.

As to your current issue, your site looks great to me. One way I can
reproduce the 'superimposed text', is by varying the text size in the
browser. In IE if you scroll to the bottom of your page, and then View >
Text Size > Largest (or Larger), I see overlapping text. If I view the site
with Mozilla, and vary the text size the effect is more extreme and there
are other issues as well. Perhaps have the customer view the site with a
smaller text size...in IE...in a more current version of IE?

DavidF

 

[DavidF]

I forgot to mention, you might suggest the customer update her video
drivers...

DavidF

 

[Stevan]

I am using Publisher 2002 for the design and publishing of my web site.
I have 2003 but have chosen not to use it because of the apparent huge
file sizes. A side question.... will future version of Publisher reduce
the file size to something more practical?

Stevan

 

[Stevan]

Thanks for your advice David. I appreciate your time.