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kbird1950
Jan 04, 2022Copper Contributor
Word 2019 spontaneously corrupts all other open Word files
So, recently, my Word 2019 software has been exhibiting a serious problem: when I have files open, and am typing in one of them, all of a sudden this entire file will go corrupt. That is: all the t...
kbird1950
Jan 30, 2022Copper Contributor
Okay...thanks for tracking this down, Doug. I'm willing to try it...but, I'd like to understand what it will do and why it might help first. And, why this will help, and un-checking other boxes won't.
Could you please explain your thinking on this? I'm not doubting your expertise; but, why might doing this help, and has doing it solved similar problems for you previously?
Thanks in advance...
Could you please explain your thinking on this? I'm not doubting your expertise; but, why might doing this help, and has doing it solved similar problems for you previously?
Thanks in advance...
Jan 31, 2022
In earlier versions of Office, there used to be an option available to the user under File>Options>Advanced to vary the setting for "hardware graphics acceleration" and changing that setting often solved issues with display corruption.
This screenshot is from Office 2010
As that option is no longer available in the User Interface, the only way that the setting can now be changed is by editing the Registry.