Text Changes Color When Scrolling on PowerBook
PSS ID Number: Q110757 Article last modified on 03-07-1997
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| The information in this article applies to: |
| - Microsoft Word for Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1 |
SYMPTOM
Text changes color when you scroll through a Word document on a secondary monitor attached to a PowerBook. Black text may switch to white, orange, yellow, or red.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
WORKAROUND
Make the external monitor the primary monitor (the monitor having the menu bar). To change the primary monitor:
- From the Apple menu, choose Control Panels.
- Open the Monitors Control Panel.
- In the Monitors Control Panel, drag the white menu bar from one screen to the other.
- Close the Monitors window and restart the PowerBook.
MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft has received several reports of this problem and has duplicated it on the following configurations:
- PowerBook Duo 230 attached to an Apple 13-inch monitor (using an Apple mini dock).
- PowerBook 180 attached to an Apple 13-inch monitor.
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