Edge unwantedly adding border around text

Anonymous
2025-02-07T15:21:20+00:00

When I add text to a pdf in edge, suddenly it it adding a box around the text. It doesn't show up until I hit enter. It's super annoying and I'm sure I did something to turn it on but I can't figure out how to turn it off.

Microsoft Edge | Read PDFs | Windows 11

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Anonymous
2025-02-11T09:28:47+00:00
  1. Open the Edge browser.
  2. Type "edge://flags" in the search bar at the top.
  3. When the page opens, type in and search for PDF.
  4. Set “New PDF Viewer” to “Enabled”.
  5. Check whether the problem still exists.

This worked for me.

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Anonymous
2025-02-08T15:32:27+00:00

I'm seeing the same issue on various computers. The version of Edge is the same (133.0.3065.51) on affected and unaffected systems.

Here is what it looks like: Broken

Here is what it should look like: Working

Resetting Edge does not resolve the issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-14T13:14:18+00:00

    Microsoft, if we implement this Experimental Flag to enable the new PDF viewer will we have to manually disable it after future Edge updates? Also is the Edge team close to fixing this issue without requiring this flag to be turned on? We need to know this before we start switching this on for our users.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-14T15:09:08+00:00

    This did not work for me. It's very frustrating. All of our schedulers are now switching to hand writing info because of this.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-14T15:18:54+00:00

    I found the solution!

    1. Click on the 3 dots in the top right of your Edge browser.
    2. On the left hand side, click "Appearance"
    3. Scroll down to the second box under the Theme Colors. It says, "Try the new look and feel of Microsoft edge" "Are you satisfied with the new look and feel of Microsoft Edge?"
    4. Toggle the switch to off.
    5. DONE!!!!

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