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November 26, 2019
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Highlighted text printing as redacted in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

  • November 26, 2019
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I create Adobe Acrobat Pro 2017 PDF documents to be sent to a Board of Directors and sometimes highlight text for their attention. Recently, when printed by Directors, yellow highlighted text has printed as black redacted, even though it shows as being highlighted when I open it in Adobe Reader DC and print it from my computer. I wonder if it is a setting in Adobe Reader DC. Could someone help me with this?

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try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 26, 2019

Are they printing it to a black&white printer?

Participating Frequently
November 26, 2019

Yes, but the highlighted area would normally print as slightly gray and you can read the text through that section.

Participating Frequently
December 4, 2019

Thank you. I now understand, also, that the yellow highlighted area was showing on the iPad and iPhone as black. Yet on the PC monitor it was sent from, it showed as having been highlighted.

Joel Geraci
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 26, 2019

What color is the highlight? Yellow sometimes prints as black.

Participating Frequently
November 26, 2019

Thank you. Yes, the highlight was yellow.

LinSims
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 26, 2019

Let me move this to the Acrobat forum for you, where you are more likely to receive an answer to your question. You might want to include information on what program is being used to create the PDF.

Note that the Community Help forum is for help in how to use the Adobe Communities. Product questions should be posted in the associated product community.

Participating Frequently
November 26, 2019

Thank you.