Fuzzy text in Office 2013 on external monitor with 1920x1080 Asus notebook

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BACKGROUND

We have an ASUS UX31A running windows 8 pro.

Native screen resolution on the notebook is 1920x1080.

We have a Dell U2414 IPS panel connected using the ASUS docking station. This is USB from the notebook to the docking station then HDMI from the docking station to the monitor.

ISSUE

Everything on the notebook display is fine the display is nice and sharp running all required applications in native 1920x1080 res.

The issue is with the monitor display.

In Office 2013 apps ONLY the text is fuzzy as hell. The OS text in menus, and in all other apps e.g. Chrome browser the screen is perfectly sharp as you would expect from a good quality monitor.

Just to repeat, if the screens are mirrored then you can see Office 2013 looking perfect on the notebook screen. But look at the SAME SIGNAL on the monitor and Office 2013 apps ONLY are fuzzy.

I have checked overscan etc and there is nothing wrong there as evidenced by the fact that non-Office 2013 apps are looking perfect on the Dell monitor.

Because the ASUS is a very thin machine the port options are very limited.

There are only 2 USB ports and one micro HDMI. Hence using the docking station.

I have not tried a micro HDMI to HDMI cable yet as I don't have one. I have no idea if this would solve the problem does anyone know any better?

Or is there an alternative solution or any other settings I don't know about that I could try.

Thanks!