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_SANJAY_GHOTKAR_
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March 3, 2006
Question

Highlighting text in PDF document

  • March 3, 2006
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I am a surgeon and subscribe to lot of medical journals which are now increasingly made available for downloading in PDF format. I am used to highlighting the important text in an article with an ordinary hi-lighter pen to make it easy when I need to go back to that article.

Is there a way one can highlight the text in a PDF document the way one can highlight it on a paper? Will professional versions of Acrobat solve my problem?

Sanjay Ghotkar
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Anonymous
March 12, 2017

You can follow this link

change color of highlight text? (Review and Comment)

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Kaya0406
Participant
June 10, 2016

I don't know how, but my highlighter highlights like a pencil and I cant change it back, can anyone please tell me how to fix that before I pull my hair out

    twylaf
    twylaf
    Participant
    January 28, 2017

    Mine did this too.  Only for some documents.  I finally opened the comment toolbar and on the far right is a bucket (color picker) and some lines (line thickness).  I used the line thickness slider to create a fatter line.  I suppose I will have to change this for the other documents but at least I found something that worked for me.

    love2succeed
    love2succeed
    Participant
    April 14, 2016

    Adobe needs to make the background modifiable for the user. I should be able to pick whatever background color I want. That ugly gray is terrible!

    This is an application that we use often, they should make it more user-friendly and improve the appearance.

    It should not take this long to fix! Obviously the Customers want this.

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    screenplayTheater
    Participant
    March 22, 2013

    As a screenwriter and producer, I find this immensly helpful! To change the DEFAULT color, there is a checkbox at the bottom of the properties pop-up that I originally didn't see - very helpful. Saves time manually highlighting parts for the same actor with different roles.

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    Affectuality
    Participant
    September 22, 2011

    A little late for the original post, but for anyone else looking to highlight text in Acrobat Pro 9 and be able to change the highlighter color...

    Accessing the highlighter tool:

    1. Right-click on the Toolbar.
    2. Select/check "Comment and Markup." This is the toolbar that contains the Highlight Text tool.

    Changing the highlighter color:

    • You can right-click on the highlighted text and go to Properties, etc, but there's a more convenient method.

    While using the Highlight Text tool, turn on the Properties Bar (make it visible)

    1. Window:  Ctl+E
    2. Mac:  Cmd+E
    3. Mouse:  Right-click on the Toolbar and select/check Properties Bar.

    This will give you quick access to your highlighter properties, and it will remember your selected color between uses.

    The Properties Bar is context aware and will change based on the tool you're actively using, so you have access to change your highlight color through it when the Highlight Text tool is selected/in use.

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      Ly_Jun_Ki
      Participant
      September 26, 2011

      THANKS SOOO MUCH!!! MY JAW JUST DROPPED AT HOW EASY!!!

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      Al2233
      Participant
      June 6, 2011

      When I go to print a PDF that has highlighted test, the highlight color does not print.  Yes it is a color printer.  What gives?

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      Voner127
      Participant
      June 25, 2011

      What type of printer are you using (Brand, Model, is it a wireless connection or a wired connection)?

      Also, it could be the settings you are using. Do you have it set to print document AND mark-up?

      Pax,

      Voner

      (I usually put my contact information here, but it will just be removed by an administrator)

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      BenXYZ890
      Participating Frequently
      November 18, 2010

      I don't see where/how to change the default highlight color in Acrobat 9.

      I'd like to be able to set it for either a particular file, or for all future use (default setting).

      Thanks

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      calvinennis
      Participant
      March 30, 2011

      BenXYZ890 wrote:

      I don't see where/how to change the default highlight color in Acrobat 9.

      Right click (or ctrl-click) on the highlighter tool to change the default colour.

      woody2009
      woody2009
      Participant
      June 21, 2009

      Thanks for the tips.

      PJonesCET
      PJonesCET
      Participating Frequently
      March 11, 2009
      Look in tools menu and choose customize menu click ckeckbox nex to Highlighting and underline tool a floating menu comes up place on desire menu. It shows yellow highlighter. But in acrobat 8 there was a choice for yellow, green, red. may be in Acroabt 9. note this is acrobat not reader.
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      _val_t_
      Participant
      March 11, 2009
      how do I get the highlighter to always highlight the spaces between words as well as words?
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