Properties Bar displays No Selection

In every version of Acrobat Mac from 9.0 to 9.2, I find that the Properties Bar ceases to function after I've used the program for a while. When that happens, it usually displays No Selection, but sometimes it simply ceases to control the properties of the selected element. When I have multiple documents open side-by-side, sometimes the Properties Bar in the frontmost window will display No Selection, but the Properties Bar in another document window will display the properties of the selected item in the frontmost window!
I use the Properties Bar mainly to set the parameters of the Text Box, Highlight Text and Rectangle tools or to modify the parameters of previously created text boxes, highlighting or rectangles.
Is there a solution to this bug?

Assumptions for this test:
1. Acrobat has been configured so that the "Text Box Tool" (part of the "Comment & Markup Toolbar") is visible on the toolbar.
(Tools --> Customize Toolbars... may need to be used to se this up)
2. The "Properties Bar" is visible (a Ctrl-E should bring it up if it is not already so)
If you had to make changes to get this configuration set, close all Acrobat windows before proceeding so that the settings will be remembered and used when new windows are open.
******BUG******
Text box TEXT PROPERTIES only accessible in most recent file opened.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Open a 1st PDF
2. Open a 2nd different PDF
3. Arrange so both are visible.
4. in the 1st PDF create a text box and notice how the window for the 2nd PDF gets the TEXT BOX PROPERTIES BAR
5. notice how there is no way to change the text box properties in the first window.
Results: Text box properties can only be changed in the most recently opened window.
Expected results: Text box properties should work for all windows!
Note that no properties (color, fill, font, ...) of any object (line, rectangle, callout, ...) can be changed using the Properties Bar if the properties bar is not part of the last window opened.
The only kludgy workaround I've found is that if I need a working properties bar in a particular window I can:
1) save the file to capture any outstanding changes that might not have been captured (this is an optional step)
2) make a throw-away minor change to the file (I usually draw a short line segment)
3) Go to File --> Revert (& Confirm)
The file will close and reopen without the throw-away change and it will now be the last file opened so it will now have a working properties bar.
You can always try complaining here:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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