# PDF text selection issue

**URL:** <https://pdfjs.community/t/pdf-text-selection-issue/3610>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [February 25, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/pdf-text-selection-issue/3610 "2025-02-25T15:36:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![pavel.shvets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pavel.shvets](https://pdfjs.community/u/pavel.shvets)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/pdf-text-selection-issue/3610/1 "2025-02-25T15:36:09Z")

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**Which product are you using?**  
PDF.js Express Plus

**PDF.js Express Version**  
8.7.5

**Detailed description of issue**  
Text selection works inaccurate in some PDFs. It causes issues when you try to select such fragments.  
It works fine with the attached PDF in PDF.js demo

Here is PDF.js express demo:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/pdfjscommunity/original/2X/7/7058db6d702e97afdf206082d06f54f5f9b21df6.jpeg)

**Expected behaviour**  
Selection follows text.

**Does your issue happen with every document, or just one?**  
Some other documents too

**Link to document**  
Page 1

> **[MM-AGM-Notice-2024.pdf](https://www.mahindra.com/sites/default/files/2024-06/MM-AGM-Notice-2024.pdf)**
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> 686.80 KB

**Code snippet**  
{Provide a relevant code snippet}

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**Author:** ![kkim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@kkim](https://pdfjs.community/u/kkim)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/pdf-text-selection-issue/3610/3 "2025-02-25T16:10:15Z")

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Hi there,

I was able to reproduce the issue and have added this to the backlog for the product team to review.

best regards,  
Kevin