I've recently completed a fresh vista installation. After installing Office 2007, Word runs in some sort of strange low graphics mode and threw 'out of memory errors' a couple of times. All other Office programs work correctly. Office 2007 looks like this: http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/1694/captureqc5.gif I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Office; the problem still persists. I have checked compatibility mode, which is disabled. Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening?
Check the Accessibility Options in Control Panel to make sure you don't have "High Contrast" enabled. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "scape" wrote in message news:EC124C5C-0C09-45ED-A198-C384177F9911@microsoft.com... > I've recently completed a fresh vista installation. > After installing Office 2007, Word runs in some sort of strange low > graphics > mode and threw 'out of memory errors' a couple of times. > All other Office programs work correctly. > Office 2007 looks like this: > http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/1694/captureqc5.gif > I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Office; the problem still > persists. > I have checked compatibility mode, which is disabled. > > Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening? >
There is only 'Ease of Access Center' in the control panel, nothing about Accessibility Options, but I assume you are referring to the same thing. There is not a direct option to enable or disable high contrast, the Ease of Access Center implies this is only changed with the Windows Theme, which is currently set to 'Aero' - not a high contrast scheme. Also, it is only Word that is effected by the low bit graphics, so I think the problem is with Word, not Vista.
I've never seen that happen before. It is definitely in low resolution, but I'm not sure why. I suggest that you check that both your graphics and printer drivers are up to date as either of these could cause display problems. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "scape" wrote in message news:68C9A190-6E95-4569-98AD-FEECEA6C830C@microsoft.com... > There is only 'Ease of Access Center' in the control panel, nothing about > Accessibility Options, but I assume you are referring to the same thing. > > There is not a direct option to enable or disable high contrast, the Ease > of > Access Center implies this is only changed with the Windows Theme, which > is > currently set to 'Aero' - not a high contrast scheme. > > Also, it is only Word that is effected by the low bit graphics, so I think > the problem is with Word, not Vista.
