Still occurring on Ubuntu 12.04.1 "Precise Pangolin" with poppler updated to the latest available Ubuntu package.
The same problem also occurs when selecting part of the text with the mouse. Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae i686 Packages: evince 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.4 poppler 0.18.4-1ubuntu2 ** Tags added: jaunty lucid maverick precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to poppler in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439502 Title: Ctrl+a does not select all of the text Status in “poppler” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: evince I have opened a PDF file, I Pressed Ctrl + A. I Expected that all of the text would be selected. But it did not, it only selected a few characters. It almost looks like its picking random characters. please look at: http://frankkie.nl/a/evince/ for the pdf-document and a screenshot. Ubuntu 9.04 Evince 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince Package: evince 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evince Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/439502/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp