Highlighting

Forum|Forum|10 months ago
March 27, 2025
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Why do I lose the ability to highlight text in a document. Why I open it the first few times it works, then for no reason it won't lwt me highlight. I thought this was a basic function in the free reader. Do I need to buy a subscription now?

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Correct answer try67

OK. It'a what I've been using for years. Don't see a free version of acrobat...

It's called Adobe Acrobat Reader and you can get it here:

https://get.adobe.com/reader/

try67

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No. You should be able to do it in the free Reader.
So what exactly happens when you try to highlight the text and it fails?

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stevev78144454Author

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Now when I tru to highlight a text by dragging the cursor over it, the whole page turns the color of the highlight until I stop. It seems that now adobe thinks its an image, not a pdf. This happens with every document. I can do so many highlights and then I can't.

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stevev78144454Author

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Yes. It has no real text, only images... Something else has to be at play here, as this kind of transformation doesn't happen on its own.

When I save the file I get this message, "exporting pdf". Could that be it?

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