Thank you for replying. I downloaded the example PDF file you attached. When selecting a sentence or paragraph, other paragraphs are not selected. However, when trying to select a whole column, part of the other column also gets selected. So it looks like the bug is still there partially.
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Document viewer cannot select one column in a two-columned PDF https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/594205 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs