Poor type resolution in InDesign

I have the latest MacBook with retina display - yet when working in InDesign the screen rendering of type is very poor/pixelated. The same type in a Word Doc is very sharp - any ideas on what's causing this and how it can be resolved.
Thanks : Les Jones

I wouldn't have all the sliders pointing to the end - set them to the middle - that can take up a lot of memory trying to display everything in High Resolution - which isn't really needed.
Your type might show up clearer if there's enough memory available to display it correctly.
The other thing to look at is under "Interface" and change the Live Screen Drawing to "Delayed".
Might help.

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Hi Eugene,
Yes, I'm on the cloud.
Do you know where I find the update?
Cheers
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Thanks for your reply,
I download it from internet, and in about Indesign I found just "Indesign CS4"!!!
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