In microsoft edge, i can find a spot on the page without any text and highlight my document.
In acrobat, it recognizes that as a pencil. The problem with the pencil tool is that the annotation is above the document, obscuring the text or object underneath. The highlight tool is able to perform this better by placing itself under the objects of the document.
How do i freehand over with the highlighter? the only option is to highlight text, and i cant override with a certain key.
Not possible. The Highlight tool in Acrobat only works with text. You can hold down Ctrl while using it to highlight all the text in a certain rectangle that you can draw, but you can't use it for free-hand highlighting.
Work Around. Use "Drawing Tool" > Set desired color "orange, yellow, green, etc." and in the same color pallet menu, move opacity to roughly 40% > then open the Line thickness menu and set it to roughly 6-8.
You could do the same teqnique with lines and shapes.
Not possible. The Highlight tool in Acrobat only works with text. You can hold down Ctrl while using it to highlight all the text in a certain rectangle that you can draw, but you can't use it for free-hand highlighting.
big bummer! I prefer the legibility of the highlighter tool than the pencil tool. I would submit feedback for to adobe for freehand highlights to be enabled.
Work Around. Use "Drawing Tool" > Set desired color "orange, yellow, green, etc." and in the same color pallet menu, move opacity to roughly 40% > then open the Line thickness menu and set it to roughly 6-8.
You could do the same teqnique with lines and shapes.
Oh my goodness!! This is genius! Thank you so much for sharing. I have been tearing my hair out since my employee disabled Foxit and forced us to use Adobe for everything. I really don't like Adobe and the highlighting tool was a huge problem.... yet this solution is simple. You saved my sanity. lol Thank you again!
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