Word 2003 SP3 Redraw Errors

[Roger Rabbit]

I have been working on a document for the last month on an advanced topic in
computer programming. The document is several pages long and has numerous
code fragments throughout the text. Since SP3 surfaced recently I noticed
that Word does not repaint the screen properly when in normal view when I am
checking the document over for mistakes or expanding upon various topics.

I have to move to the top of the document and then to the bottom sometimes
to get Word to draw the document. I use Times New Roman for the body text
and Courier New for the code fragments. I have marked the code fragments to
be ignored by the spell checker.

This problem is frustrating and I wonder what could have happened in SP3 to
introduce this behavior. I end up trying to fix Word instead of fixing code
in my paper.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Check that you have the latest drivers for both your graphics and printer.
Either of these will cause slow screen refresh problems in Word which relies
heavily on both for correct display.