Select tool covers text instead of highlighting it

Hi. I am using Acrobat 9 Pro version 9.2.0 on Windows XP Pro. Sometimes the select tool covers over the text instead of highlighting it. Why does it do this and how can I get it to stop doing it?
Thank you

Funny how you'd think that would work and it does - sort of. What happens is that, yes the highlighting is less,
but the text becomes all "fuzzy" and unclear. It's as if the you're looking through a piece of transparent but sand blasted glass. You can see through it but the text is out of focus.
And it only does it on some files and not others.

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