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Excel font rendering blurry when zoomed out (Windows 11, Microsoft 365)
Hello Community, I’m experiencing an issue with Excel (Microsoft 365) on my new Windows 11 ASUS touchscreen laptop. The text in Excel becomes noticeably blurry when zooming out, but looks fine when ...
How about this:
- Force Excel to Use System DPI Scaling
- Right-click the Excel shortcut > Properties
- Go to Compatibility tab > Click Change high DPI settings
- Under High DPI scaling override, check Override high DPI scaling behavior
- Set it to System (Enhanced)
- Click OK and restart Excel
This forces Windows to handle the scaling instead of Excel, which can improve clarity at lower zoom levels.
- Try Different Zoom Levels
- Some users report that certain zoom levels (e.g., 100%, 125%, 150%) render more clearly than others.
- Avoid odd zoom levels like 67% or 73%, which may trigger suboptimal font smoothing.
- Switch Display Graphics Mode
- On ASUS laptops with integrated + discrete GPUs, try switching Excel to use the dedicated GPU:
- Go to Settings > System > Display > Graphics
- Find Excel and set it to High performance
- Restart Excel
- Disable Touchscreen
- Temporarily disable the touchscreen in Device Manager under Human Interface Devices
- This can help isolate whether the touchscreen driver is interfering with rendering