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Hello,

I am wondering how to get the highlighter tool that has the little circle and lets you highlight stuff in free form so I can drag it around like the pen tool? This seems to only work when it is a scanned document and if the document was downloaded, say a bank statement from a bank, the highlighter tool automatically goes to the tool as a rectangle and only lets you highlight by selecting text. I would always like to highlight free form with the circle.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

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try67Correct answer

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Try holding down Ctrl while using the tool.

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rebeccat53508692

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I would like to do the reverse 🙂 get rid of the 'circle' highlighter and get the one back that will let me do a whole paragraph at a time.

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juliag59668659

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I'm trying to do the same! Not sure if it was the latest update or what, but my highlight text feature comes and goes.

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FinePhotographs

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Hello, I'm trying to use the WIndows pen to add comments on a PDF document. The default color is red. How can I change that?

Thanks for your help. Valerie

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Raymond34612802pxmj

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Hi FinePhotographs,

This tip will be a game-changer for you if you haven't discovered it already since this post is old...

Press CTRL + E to bring up the properties dialog box. You can change font size, color, line style, etc... on anything created from the comment control frame.

Good Luck!

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try67

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Try holding down Ctrl while using the tool.

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Hoover5896Author

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That sort of worked, but more so just creates a box that you can highlight stuff, so it really isn't the same as that free form highlighter that you can drag like a pen. Do you know if that is possible or that is only able to be used on scanned PDFs? I included a snip of the highlighter marker below that seems to only work when I try to use on a scanned pdf.

Thanks!

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try67

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Use the Pencil commenting tool.

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