Graphic refresh/Other oddities

[Guest]

I have Word 2003 SP1 installed on a new computer with 1 GB of ram. I have
noticed that Word has frequent refresh issues. Some examples are:

Inserting graphics appear upon insert but if I toggle away, graphic is blank
until I hit return.
Pagination doesn't refresh properly at times
My 1/2 my cursor stays in old location when I click a new location
Outline numbering has exerienced very odd refreshing (which was very
alarming at first - everything renumbered incorrectly).

Some things seem to correct themselves if I minimize and maximum. The
numbering corrected itself when I went into the number dialog box and then
closed it.

Are these known issues?

Thanks
LeAnn

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Try reducing the hardware acceleration setting in Start | Control Panel
| Display | Advanced | Troubleshooting.

 

[Graham Mayor]

These are problems typical of a poor screen driver. Check the display
adapter manufacturer's web site for an update (or see Garfield's reply for a
workaround). Some Intel and ATI drivers appear to be the worst offenders,
but there are updates for both.

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[JamesDart]

Would this problem happen when running 2 screens off the same driver as well?
I am assuming the answer is "yes" but I wanted to get more information
before running out and buying a new driver or <shiver> run only one monitor
while on this project.

 

[Graham Mayor]

It is not the display adapter that is the problem but the driver software -
check with the manufacturer for updates.

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[JamesDart]

Ah, okay. Thank you for the response.

I changed my view to "Draft" which disables the Footer and Header, and my
problem seems to have gone away for the time being.

I am also seeing what parts of the document I can pull out into separate
Documents that be hyperlinked to.

I've never written a Manual before and this is a daunting process, but after
reading information on the Forums, Consuming "Word 2007: Step by Step" and
"2007 Microsoft Office System: Inside Out", i've learned tons about this
amazing program.

 

[grammatim]

Do you especially like the "Step by Step" and "Inside Out" series?
I've found "Using" the most useful for me, and "Bible" next, and "for
Dummies" not helpful.