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Hoover5896
Hoover5896
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September 1, 2017
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Adobe Acrobat DC Highlighter

  • September 1, 2017
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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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    Correct answer try67

    Try holding down Ctrl while using the tool.

    3 replies

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    rebeccat53508692
    Participant
    August 15, 2020

    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
      Participant
      August 19, 2020

      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
        Participant
        January 3, 2018

        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
        Participant
        January 5, 2024

        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!

        try67
        Community Expert
        try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
        Community Expert
        September 1, 2017

        Try holding down Ctrl while using the tool.

        Hoover5896
        Hoover5896Author
        Participant
        September 1, 2017

        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!

          try67
          Community Expert
          try67Community Expert
          Community Expert
          September 1, 2017

          Use the Pencil commenting tool.

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