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heidis89101840
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September 26, 2018
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Highlighter not working in Adobe Reader DC

  • September 26, 2018
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The document allows me to choose the highlight function; however, the highlighter tool doesn't highlight anything. The document is not protected and was saved via microsoft save to pdf. Thanks for you help!

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    Correct answer try67

    Ok, found it. No I'm not able to select text with the cursor, so it must be

    an image. Any ideas how to freehand highlight other than CTRL highlight

    since that didn't work?


    You can use the Square tool to achieve a similar effect.

    On 26 September 2018 at 23:07, heidis89101840 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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    try67
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 26, 2018

    Can you select the text using the cursor tool? If not, it's not real text, but an image.

    In that case you can still draw free-hand highlights by holding down Ctrl when using the tool.

    heidis89101840
    Participant
    September 26, 2018

    I'm not sure what the cursor tool is. Highlight doesn't work with CTRL held

    down. I am able to underline text.

    try67
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 26, 2018

    It's this tool: