Fuzzy or blurry text...sometimes

Hello,
We are currently working on a online project where we have several Captivate projects created by different authors using the same template.  When one of the authors publishes her project, the text does not look as sharp.  Blurry or fuzzy is the best way to describe it.
The weird thing is, if I take the same project file and publish it on my computer, the text looks fine.  It is not a matter of screen quality as the project files published by me and others look fine on all computers, and the ones published by her look blurry or fuzzy on all computers.
We are using Captivate 4, and Windows XP, and we are publishing to Flash 9 with HTML.
Any thoughts or ideas?
Thanks,
Tim

Hi there
The reason it looks blurry is because you are presenting it at a different size that it was recorded at. I know it's Flash output, but with some Flash output the imagery is presented using Vectors. (Instructions to the computer on how to draw items) With Vector images, things look sharp at any size. Captivate uses Bitmaps. Bitmaps are a grid of PixEls (Picture Elements). Each PixEl is a different color. The mosiac produced makes the image. When you resize, you either subtract PixEls or you add them. When this happens, the computer has to calculate new color values. A loss of clarity inevitably results.
Hopefully this helps... Rick
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