Fuzzy icons for office files opened with VM Ware

since upgrading to snow leopard, the finder file icons for the office files (.xls, .ppt, .doc, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.) are all fuzzy. I notice that if i change the file associations for these files to mac office they look right again but as long as they are associated with the version of office on the VM ware virtual machine, they remain fuzzy. This is annoying since it's so fuzzy it's hard to distinguish between ppt and xls without looking at the file extension.
does anyone know how to rebuild these icons?
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Hi,
Please have a look at this KB articel (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2434675) and try the steps listed in it:
Change the font in the Office for Mac file
Disable the fonts in the Fonts folder
Check for bad fonts
Create a new Mac user profile
Also, this is the forum to discuss questions and feedback for Microsoft Office on Windows, we are lacking of skills and testing environment for Office for Mac. Better to post your question to the forum of Office for Mac:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011?tab=Threads
The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding.
Thanks,
Ethan Hua CHN
TechNet Community Support

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