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1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
Release: 15.04
2) apt-cache policy evince
evince:
Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) What is expected to happen via
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/594205/+attachment/1499641/+files/Example.pdf
is one is able to highlight one column at a time, just like in Adobe
Reader.
4) What happens instead is it highlights both columns at a time.
WORKAROUND: Open with Chromium's built-in PDF reader:
apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
Installed: 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064
Candidate: 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064
Version table:
*** 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64
Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
** Affects: poppler (Ubuntu)
Importance: Low
Status: Triaged
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Evince cannot select one column in a two column PDF
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/594205
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