Some web page text unreadable in IE7

Hello all:

I have a PC running WinXP and IE7, that is current with Windows Updates.
Sometime in the past couple of weeks a strange problem occurred:
on some web pages, some text is unreadable in IE7. I can't figure out why.
It's not specially formatted text, and often the unreadable text is just a
few words within a sentence when the reast of the sentence and paragraph are
readable. If I highlight the text a few times, sometimes I can get part of
it to display temporarily.

It appears to be an issue with IE7 and not with the particular web pages,
because those web pages are entirely readable in an alternative browser such
as Opera.

Has anyone heard of this issue? Could it be an issue introduced by some
recent Windows Update?

One other thing, possibly related or not, that also occurred recently: in
Outlook 2000, when replying to HTML messages some of the reply text I type
is unreadable in the message compose window, even though when the message is
sent the recipient does in fact have all the text I typed and it is all
readable. I thought I'd add this, in case this symptom of some text being
unreadable is related to the IE7 issue.

MarkT
Wed May 07 10:30:04 PDT 2008

Yes - someone please help! I had a similar thing happen in the last couple
of weeks with Windows Vista. All of a sudden, text in IE dialog boxes is
extremely small. Also, some of the data in my Excel spreadsheets is now tiny
(and some not), and typing in Outlook or Word is now doulbe-spaced, which I
haven't been able to fix. I am fairly PC-savvy and have scoured the Internet
to find out what happened and how to fix it. Some big problem and secret?

"Tuttle" wrote:

> Hello all:
>
> I have a PC running WinXP and IE7, that is current with Windows Updates.
> Sometime in the past couple of weeks a strange problem occurred:
> on some web pages, some text is unreadable in IE7. I can't figure out why.
> It's not specially formatted text, and often the unreadable text is just a
> few words within a sentence when the reast of the sentence and paragraph are
> readable. If I highlight the text a few times, sometimes I can get part of
> it to display temporarily.
>
> It appears to be an issue with IE7 and not with the particular web pages,
> because those web pages are entirely readable in an alternative browser such
> as Opera.
>
> Has anyone heard of this issue? Could it be an issue introduced by some
> recent Windows Update?
>
> One other thing, possibly related or not, that also occurred recently: in
> Outlook 2000, when replying to HTML messages some of the reply text I type
> is unreadable in the message compose window, even though when the message is
> sent the recipient does in fact have all the text I typed and it is all
> readable. I thought I'd add this, in case this symptom of some text being
> unreadable is related to the IE7 issue.
>
>
>
>

Leonard
Wed May 07 10:48:17 PDT 2008

How shall we know what web pages are "some web pages" and what text is
"some text" and in exactly what way the text is "unreadable"?

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Tuttle wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I have a PC running WinXP and IE7, that is current with Windows Updates.
> Sometime in the past couple of weeks a strange problem occurred:
> on some web pages, some text is unreadable in IE7. I can't figure out why.
> It's not specially formatted text, and often the unreadable text is just a
> few words within a sentence when the reast of the sentence and paragraph are
> readable. If I highlight the text a few times, sometimes I can get part of
> it to display temporarily.
>
> It appears to be an issue with IE7 and not with the particular web pages,
> because those web pages are entirely readable in an alternative browser such
> as Opera.
>
> Has anyone heard of this issue? Could it be an issue introduced by some
> recent Windows Update?
>
> One other thing, possibly related or not, that also occurred recently: in
> Outlook 2000, when replying to HTML messages some of the reply text I type
> is unreadable in the message compose window, even though when the message is
> sent the recipient does in fact have all the text I typed and it is all
> readable. I thought I'd add this, in case this symptom of some text being
> unreadable is related to the IE7 issue.
>
>
>

Tuttle
Wed May 07 11:06:21 PDT 2008

I haven't found anything in common about the web pages. I can compile a list
of some examples if it would help.

The way it is unreadable: it's essentially invisible.
for example, in a paragraph that is black text on a white background, some
words or phrases appear just as white "gaps" in the text, as though there
were no text there but just the white background is showing in space
reserved for the text. If I click-drag to try highlighting various portions,
at some point I can get some of the unreadable/invisible text to appear as
light text in a dark highlighted area.


"Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
news:Oe5zIqGsIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> How shall we know what web pages are "some web pages" and what text is
> "some text" and in exactly what way the text is "unreadable"?
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Tuttle wrote:
> > Hello all:
> >
> > I have a PC running WinXP and IE7, that is current with Windows Updates.
> > Sometime in the past couple of weeks a strange problem occurred:
> > on some web pages, some text is unreadable in IE7. I can't figure out
why.
> > It's not specially formatted text, and often the unreadable text is just
a
> > few words within a sentence when the reast of the sentence and paragraph
are
> > readable. If I highlight the text a few times, sometimes I can get part
of
> > it to display temporarily.
> >
> > It appears to be an issue with IE7 and not with the particular web
pages,
> > because those web pages are entirely readable in an alternative browser
such
> > as Opera.
> >
> > Has anyone heard of this issue? Could it be an issue introduced by some
> > recent Windows Update?
> >
> > One other thing, possibly related or not, that also occurred recently:
in
> > Outlook 2000, when replying to HTML messages some of the reply text I
type
> > is unreadable in the message compose window, even though when the
message is
> > sent the recipient does in fact have all the text I typed and it is all
> > readable. I thought I'd add this, in case this symptom of some text
being
> > unreadable is related to the IE7 issue.
> >
> >
> >

Tuttle
Wed May 07 11:07:54 PDT 2008

Sorry, that sounds like an entirely different issue.
In my case, the text is essentially invisible, although other text in the
same sentence or paragraph is visible. It's not a matter of text size, as
the text is in fact the same size when I can see it via click-drag
highlighting.


"MarkT" <MarkT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:537844A6-35F2-4389-9927-5962FBA0E1A7@microsoft.com...
> Yes - someone please help! I had a similar thing happen in the last
couple
> of weeks with Windows Vista. All of a sudden, text in IE dialog boxes is
> extremely small. Also, some of the data in my Excel spreadsheets is now
tiny
> (and some not), and typing in Outlook or Word is now doulbe-spaced, which
I
> haven't been able to fix. I am fairly PC-savvy and have scoured the
Internet
> to find out what happened and how to fix it. Some big problem and secret?
>
> "Tuttle" wrote:
>
> > Hello all:
> >
> > I have a PC running WinXP and IE7, that is current with Windows Updates.
> > Sometime in the past couple of weeks a strange problem occurred:
> > on some web pages, some text is unreadable in IE7. I can't figure out
why.
> > It's not specially formatted text, and often the unreadable text is just
a
> > few words within a sentence when the reast of the sentence and paragraph
are
> > readable. If I highlight the text a few times, sometimes I can get part
of
> > it to display temporarily.
> >
> > It appears to be an issue with IE7 and not with the particular web
pages,
> > because those web pages are entirely readable in an alternative browser
such
> > as Opera.
> >
> > Has anyone heard of this issue? Could it be an issue introduced by some
> > recent Windows Update?
> >
> > One other thing, possibly related or not, that also occurred recently:
in
> > Outlook 2000, when replying to HTML messages some of the reply text I
type
> > is unreadable in the message compose window, even though when the
message is
> > sent the recipient does in fact have all the text I typed and it is all
> > readable. I thought I'd add this, in case this symptom of some text
being
> > unreadable is related to the IE7 issue.
> >
> >
> >
> >

Leonard
Wed May 07 11:56:21 PDT 2008

Please post specifics as I requested. Otherwise, you're asking for a
lucky guess.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Tuttle wrote:
> I haven't found anything in common about the web pages. I can compile a list
> of some examples if it would help.
>
> The way it is unreadable: it's essentially invisible.
> for example, in a paragraph that is black text on a white background, some
> words or phrases appear just as white "gaps" in the text, as though there
> were no text there but just the white background is showing in space
> reserved for the text. If I click-drag to try highlighting various portions,
> at some point I can get some of the unreadable/invisible text to appear as
> light text in a dark highlighted area.
>
>
> "Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
> news:Oe5zIqGsIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> How shall we know what web pages are "some web pages" and what text is
>> "some text" and in exactly what way the text is "unreadable"?
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> Tuttle wrote:
>>> Hello all:
>>>
>>> I have a PC running WinXP and IE7, that is current with Windows Updates.
>>> Sometime in the past couple of weeks a strange problem occurred:
>>> on some web pages, some text is unreadable in IE7. I can't figure out
> why.
>>> It's not specially formatted text, and often the unreadable text is just
> a
>>> few words within a sentence when the reast of the sentence and paragraph
> are
>>> readable. If I highlight the text a few times, sometimes I can get part
> of
>>> it to display temporarily.
>>>
>>> It appears to be an issue with IE7 and not with the particular web
> pages,
>>> because those web pages are entirely readable in an alternative browser
> such
>>> as Opera.
>>>
>>> Has anyone heard of this issue? Could it be an issue introduced by some
>>> recent Windows Update?
>>>
>>> One other thing, possibly related or not, that also occurred recently:
> in
>>> Outlook 2000, when replying to HTML messages some of the reply text I
> type
>>> is unreadable in the message compose window, even though when the
> message is
>>> sent the recipient does in fact have all the text I typed and it is all
>>> readable. I thought I'd add this, in case this symptom of some text
> being
>>> unreadable is related to the IE7 issue.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

Vixen
Wed May 07 15:24:05 PDT 2008

Try: Internet options>>general tab >> accessibility >> check box for Ignore "
" (formatting) on specified webpages, that helped my overlapping text
problems.

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> Please post specifics as I requested. Otherwise, you're asking for a
> lucky guess.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Tuttle wrote:
> > I haven't found anything in common about the web pages. I can compile a list
> > of some examples if it would help.
> >
> > The way it is unreadable: it's essentially invisible.
> > for example, in a paragraph that is black text on a white background, some
> > words or phrases appear just as white "gaps" in the text, as though there
> > were no text there but just the white background is showing in space
> > reserved for the text. If I click-drag to try highlighting various portions,
> > at some point I can get some of the unreadable/invisible text to appear as
> > light text in a dark highlighted area.
> >
> >
> > "Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:Oe5zIqGsIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> How shall we know what web pages are "some web pages" and what text is
> >> "some text" and in exactly what way the text is "unreadable"?
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Leonard Grey
> >> Errare humanum est
> >>
> >> Tuttle wrote:
> >>> Hello all:
> >>>
> >>> I have a PC running WinXP and IE7, that is current with Windows Updates.
> >>> Sometime in the past couple of weeks a strange problem occurred:
> >>> on some web pages, some text is unreadable in IE7. I can't figure out
> > why.
> >>> It's not specially formatted text, and often the unreadable text is just
> > a
> >>> few words within a sentence when the reast of the sentence and paragraph
> > are
> >>> readable. If I highlight the text a few times, sometimes I can get part
> > of
> >>> it to display temporarily.
> >>>
> >>> It appears to be an issue with IE7 and not with the particular web
> > pages,
> >>> because those web pages are entirely readable in an alternative browser
> > such
> >>> as Opera.
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone heard of this issue? Could it be an issue introduced by some
> >>> recent Windows Update?
> >>>
> >>> One other thing, possibly related or not, that also occurred recently:
> > in
> >>> Outlook 2000, when replying to HTML messages some of the reply text I
> > type
> >>> is unreadable in the message compose window, even though when the
> > message is
> >>> sent the recipient does in fact have all the text I typed and it is all
> >>> readable. I thought I'd add this, in case this symptom of some text
> > being
> >>> unreadable is related to the IE7 issue.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
>

Tuttle
Thu May 15 20:35:57 PDT 2008

> Tuttle wrote:
> > Hello all:
> >
> > I have a PC running WinXP and IE7, that is current with Windows Updates.
> > Sometime in the past couple of weeks a strange problem occurred:
> > on some web pages, some text is unreadable in IE7. I can't figure out
why.
> > It's not specially formatted text, and often the unreadable text is just
a
> > few words within a sentence when the reast of the sentence and paragraph
are
> > readable. If I highlight the text a few times, sometimes I can get part
of
> > it to display temporarily.
> >
> > It appears to be an issue with IE7 and not with the particular web
pages,
> > because those web pages are entirely readable in an alternative browser
such
> > as Opera.
> >
> > Has anyone heard of this issue? Could it be an issue introduced by some
> > recent Windows Update?
> >
> > One other thing, possibly related or not, that also occurred recently:
in
> > Outlook 2000, when replying to HTML messages some of the reply text I
type
> > is unreadable in the message compose window, even though when the
message is
> > sent the recipient does in fact have all the text I typed and it is all
> > readable. I thought I'd add this, in case this symptom of some text
being
> > unreadable is related to the IE7 issue.

"Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
news:Oe5zIqGsIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> How shall we know what web pages are "some web pages" and what text is
> "some text" and in exactly what way the text is "unreadable"?

You're right of course. I'm borrowed the laptop from my friend and now have
further testing to report. As the focus of the problem now seems to have
changed, I provided the details in new thread:

May 15, 2008 12:27 PM news:uFI16hqtIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl
Subject: Text rendering problem, and problems typing < > and ?

Please read that thread. If anyone has some insights into this unusual
problem and possibl solutions, please let us know.