Microsoft Edge PDF text box cutting off

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Microsoft Edge PDF text box cutting off

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Yet again the Microsoft Edge PDF annotating text box is not formatting text properly / cutting text off

Yet another display of incompetence from developers and testers of this browser.

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Reduta, Nahum 0 Reputation points

2026-01-27T01:03:31.4266667+00:00

Just encountered this. Seems you can work around this by putting some extra spaces after the entry, as many as are needed for the entry field text to match the same width as presented text.

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Reduta, Nahum 0 Reputation points

2026-01-27T01:03:31.4266667+00:00

Just encountered this. Seems you can work around this by putting some extra spaces after the entry, as many as are needed for the entry field text to match the same width as presented text.

Answer 1

Ubaldo Brito 185

The fix:

Go to Edge Settings → Appearance.

Scroll down to Fonts and set these 4 options as the same:

Standard font: Arial

Serif font: Arial

Sans-serif font: Arial

Fixed-width font: Arial

(You could try using any other Font, but I only tested Arial.)

Open edge://flags/ → click Reset all → restart Edge.

Go back to Edge, open once again edge://flags/ → search for “New PDF viewer” → set it to Disabled → restart Edge again.

That should fix the issue.

Olivia W 0 Reputation points

2025-12-11T22:58:23.84+00:00

this worked!! thank you for saving my day from being ruined
Ubaldo Brito 185 Reputation points

2025-12-15T16:10:46.9133333+00:00

edit: I deleted the "Font size" and "Minimum font size" changes from the post because they are not important in the fix and changes the Font size everywhere in Edge. You can leave them as default, which in my case is:

Font size: Medium

Minimum font size: Small
Short Chris - Asheville 0 Reputation points

2025-12-15T18:26:05.58+00:00

worked for me, thank you!
dividebyzero 0 Reputation points

2025-12-27T18:12:23.7466667+00:00

This worked for me! The text is still a little funky if I try to type too much and don't reduce the font size, but at least I can tinker with the font and box to make it not cut off after a few tries now. The problem seems to happen mostly when you type a lot.
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Answer 2

Paulo GM 72,675 Independent Advisor

Hi,

You may already be aware that this is a bug, as many users have reported the same issue. The best step is to send a report by pressing Alt + Shift + I so the team can look into what’s causing it and work on a fix. For now, I suggest using a different PDF editor temporarily at least until they resolve the problem.

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