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Sandra38896683l8io
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March 4, 2025
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Highlighting a PDF as I want to, not whole words

  • March 4, 2025
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I am teaching using PDF's, and when it is English only, I'm able to highlight freely - up, down, circles, etc.  It seems to not limit me to just highlighting a word.  On the pages where there is another language and symbols, the highlighter gets ... weird.  Sometimes, it will let me highlight a whole word, other times, it breaks the word in 1/2 .   If I want to highlight a symbol above or below a word, I have to highlight the letter and then try to remember that the symbol is the issue, not the letter.

 

At one point, a year or so ago, I could highlight at will.  Now it is limiting me, and making my teaching MUCH harder.  (I know I clicked something that caused the issue, but I have NO idea what it was.  I think it was something about a beta version or something of that ilk.)  

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  

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Amal.
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Amal.Community Manager
Community Manager
April 11, 2025

Hi there,

Hope you're doing well, and thanks for reaching out.

Can you please let us know if this issue happens with just one PDF or with all PDFs when you try to highlight text? If you can, try opening a different PDF—maybe in another language—and see if the problem still shows up.

If it only happens with one file, please share that PDF with us. A short video showing what steps you’re taking and how the issue looks would also be super helpful.

Also, make sure the Acrobat app is updated to the latest version from the App Store or Play Store, and try restarting your device once.

 

Let us know how it goes


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