Microsoft Edge PDF text box cutting off

50000_stitches 25 Reputation points
2025-12-09T11:50:49.3366667+00:00

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.

before and after

Microsoft Edge | Read PDFs | Windows 11

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  1. Paulo GM 72,680 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-12-09T12:28:53.2+00:00

    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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  2. Ubaldo Brito 185 Reputation points
    2025-12-11T21:27:30.0266667+00:00

    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.

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