Don, I have seen your request, but I’m unable to give an answer, because I don’t have a Mac. Only suggestion I can give is try to start OpenOffice with a lower resolution and see if the problem has gone.
Sorry we are only volunteers and don’t have answers to all problems. > On 21 Jan 2018, at 11:21 am, Don Minow <dmi...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Late last month I sent the following request for help to the help users group. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For many years I have been a user of the NeoOffice suite of applications and > have been satisfied with their performance and operation. > > > > I purchased a new iMac desktop this summer and have noted some > incompatibilities with it and NeoOffice. I downloaded Apache Open Office > version 4.1.4 and now use it as my everyday application for text and > spreadsheets. The iMac is using IO S version 10.13.2/High Sierra > . > > > However, I have an open issue with OpenOffice Writer. When I enter data, > after a few seconds the screen text becomes “fuzzy”, obscured and hard to > read. In addition, I note numerous dim triangles in the margins and body of > the screen text. I can clear the "fuzzyness" by 'Selecting All'; the text > becomes comes clear and legible. However, the "fuzziness" returns after a > few seconds. > > > > I have searched the Open Office help screens and a early version of the users > manual but I cannot find any reference to the cause and correction method to > eliminate the fuzziness. > > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > Don Minow > > dmi...@comcast.net mailto:dmi...@comcast.net > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > I received a private response from an individual to the effect that he/she > did not believe it it was an Open Office problem and suggested that I try > finding some help elsewhere, possibly on a Mac OS x forum or blog. > > > I have diligently searched as best I can, but with no success. The > "fuzzyness" problem has escaped my best attempts to resolve it. > > > The problem occurs only with OOWriter. OOSpreadsheets works just fine - no > "fuzzyness". I am limping along with Apple's Text editor as my word > processor, but it has some limitations compared to OOWriter. I wonder if > this is some sort of privacy or masking feature that may have been > inadvertently selected > > > Can you suggest some additional steps that I can try? It is almost > impossible to used OOWriter in its present form. > > > I can provide some screen shots of this problem if it will help in resolving > it for me. > > > Don Minow > > dmi...@comcast.net > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
