topic Re: How to fix the fuzzy / blurry text in the Enterprise Guide Editor, Windows 7 in SAS Enterprise Guide https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/How-to-fix-the-fuzzy-blurry-text-in-the-Enterprise-Guide-Editor/m-p/118984#M9963 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Other techniques that may work are in this document:</P><P></P><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/guide/blog/WPF_SASEG43.pdf" title="http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/guide/blog/WPF_SASEG43.pdf">http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/guide/blog/WPF_SASEG43.pdf</A></P><P></P><P>Chris</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:48:58 GMT ChrisHemedinger 2013-08-22T13:48:58Z How to fix the fuzzy / blurry text in the Enterprise Guide Editor, Windows 7 https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/How-to-fix-the-fuzzy-blurry-text-in-the-Enterprise-Guide-Editor/m-p/118983#M9962 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear all,</P><P></P><P>With Windows 7 the fonts all get shades. I and some other users find that this is fuzzy / blurry and rather disturbing. And the same is true for the SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 (I don't know about other versions, this is the version I have). For all users who feel the same here's the trick I used:</P><P></P><OL><LI>Windows Start -&gt; control panel</LI><LI>Type Cleartype in the search field.</LI><LI>Go to the search result and remove the check mark</LI><LI>Go through the following dialogue. It does not matter what you select. If windows says you need admin rights ignore this message. Windows nonetheless deactivates cleartype.</LI><LI>Open SAS Enterprise Guide</LI><LI>Program -&gt; Enhanced editor options -&gt; Appearance</LI><LI>Select the font name "Arial monospaced for SAP", size e.g. 11</LI></OL><P></P><P>Not wait a minute and you'll see that not only the text in your editor has a shadowless font but also all files in the serverlist, project list, etc.</P><P></P><P>Have fun <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:17:40 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/How-to-fix-the-fuzzy-blurry-text-in-the-Enterprise-Guide-Editor/m-p/118983#M9962 Eva 2013-08-22T11:17:40Z Re: How to fix the fuzzy / blurry text in the Enterprise Guide Editor, Windows 7 https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/How-to-fix-the-fuzzy-blurry-text-in-the-Enterprise-Guide-Editor/m-p/118984#M9963 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Other techniques that may work are in this document:</P><P></P><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/guide/blog/WPF_SASEG43.pdf" title="http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/guide/blog/WPF_SASEG43.pdf">http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/guide/blog/WPF_SASEG43.pdf</A></P><P></P><P>Chris</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:48:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/How-to-fix-the-fuzzy-blurry-text-in-the-Enterprise-Guide-Editor/m-p/118984#M9963 ChrisHemedinger 2013-08-22T13:48:58Z Re: How to fix the fuzzy / blurry text in the Enterprise Guide Editor, Windows 7 https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/How-to-fix-the-fuzzy-blurry-text-in-the-Enterprise-Guide-Editor/m-p/118985#M9964 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear Chris,</P><P></P><P>the document tells only half the truth. You need to dectivate cleartype before.</P><P></P><P>Best wishes</P><P>Eva</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 Aug 2013 06:36:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/How-to-fix-the-fuzzy-blurry-text-in-the-Enterprise-Guide-Editor/m-p/118985#M9964 Eva 2013-08-30T06:36:24Z