Hi :) Errr when i say "I think" i'm saying it as a non-expert. I know a few tricks but my main reason for being on this mailing list is to learn. So i'm always curious how each problem gets solved in the end. Regards from Tom :)
On 28 September 2015 at 13:33, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > I was wondering if it was a "drivers issue" but i'm fairly sure that is > the first thing most of the experts would have considered. Similarly with > trying a different monitor. > > Another unlikely tangent .... > Of course many fonts appear quite differently if they were downloaded from > different sources. It sounds a little odd that the default ones would be > so horrible but maybe downloading "Ariel" etc from a couple of different > places might find one that doesn't misbehave so badly. > > The reason i think that is unlikely is because Tim @ Kracked Press didn't > mention it. Trying a different type of OS on the same machine could be > quite informative but it doesn't seem to be so easy to test-drive a "Live > Cd" from Win 8 and onwards. > > So i think Jim's answer might be the best one to try. It's quite obscure > and yet simple enough that other experts might have over-looked it. I have > no idea where to find that setting in any version of Windows since Xp. > > Good luck and regards from > Tom :) > > > > On 27 September 2015 at 22:06, Jim Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is your page-style set for "shadows"? >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Blasejewicz >> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 9:00 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [libreoffice-users] blurred display >> >> >> Good evening >> After Windows XP all Windows versions, AND all the Linux versions I have >> tried too, are obsessed with making the display of screen fonts >> as blurred and ugly as possible. Dozen of hours searching the net, >> asking the technical support of my computers, asking computer specialist >> ... >> led to the conclusion: there is NO way to fix this. >> >> Here one "question" related to Calc. >> I use Calc regularly. But I also use on my old computers Lotus123. >> (I know, it is very old and "discontinued". That does not prevent it >> from being VERY helpful and good. >> In some ways much better than Calc, Excel or any other spreadsheet >> application I know of.) >> >> On a Windows XP machine: >> Lotus123 line graph -> individual data points represented as squares >> (the computers choice, not mine); >> * these little squares in Lotus 123 have clear, distinct vertical and >> horizontal borders. >> A similar graph, with similar squares in Calc has "shadows" around 2 of >> the four sides = disappearance/display is blurred. >> Since the display is made of little squares anyway, what exactly is the >> advantage of having the display blurred??? >> If Lotus123 CAN display these squares like they would look when printed >> in a book, >> why can't Calc do that??? >> Computer, monitor, OS etc. ... everything else is the same, I presume >> nobody can blame my monitor, graphic card or whatever. >> >> Is there any way of telling Calc (preferably LibreOffice in general!) of >> displaying clear, distinct images (graphics, characters .. everything)? >> >> Thank you. >> Thomas >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
