Highlighter Doesn't Work

[staceyd_iqv]

My highlighter tool in Acrobat Pro DC stopped working! Can anyone help me? I press the highlighter icon on top of my screen, highlight my text, and then nothing happens. If I click the area that I tried to highlight this blue box/border shows up - but nothing is highlighted.

First screenshot is my text as I'm highlighting it -

Second screenshot is after I "highlighted" it, but nothing happened

Third screenshot is when I click on the area that I had "highlighted", this annoying blue box appears.

Please help!

[try67 · Accepted solution]

That "annoying blue box" is the highlight... You probably just set it to be transparent.

After clicking it press Ctrl+E and you'll be able to change it via the floating toolbar that will open (it's the check-board icon).

[try67]

PS. After making this change right-click the highlight again and select Make Current Properties Default and it should not happen when you create a new one.

[Leigh36983689ndok]

Thank you so very much for this information!

[Eileen38762508j81w]

WOW!! IT WORKED!! This has been like this for so long.! Thankyou Thankyou!!

[lawrence_0921]

This worked for me!  Thank you!  Super frustrating!

[susymartinelli]

I have a similar problem, but mine, it doesn't show the "blue box", it doesn't show nothing. 

[try67]

So what happens when you use the Highlight tool?

[default5qx259todzx6]

My highligher icon disapeared aftere one use. How can I get it back? 

[Thomas17542722mvtk]

My highlighter did work in Acrobat DC until recently but stopped.  I checked for updates and the updates are current.

I tried ctlE after pressing the icon.  I have rebooted, 

[Laura35506118c5n1]

I am having the same problem.  The highlight tool worked on the first document I opened but has not worked in any of the subsequent documents in the same work session.  Have you found an answer yet?

[Peter32508209ww5k]

Same problem. Different pdf from same session: some get highlighter tool some do not, so not a univ security setting...

[Gowithwave]

On a Mac, is is Command + E