How do I highlight text without creating a comment?

[teancum144]

I'm trying to highlight selected text of an existing document. However, when I do this, Acrobat DC Pro automatically creates a comment. I want to highlight text without creating a comment. How do I do this?

[j270499288mkl]

Yes Filter>Type>Sticky Note (aka comment) worked for me too.  Much simpler than using checkmarks.

[j270499288mkl]

...and...the filter has to be reapplied to hide any new highlights. 

[Kesya0D45]

I also have that same complaint.
I just want to highlight with color, part of the text without creating comments and being able to upload this file to Drive for example, without comment boxes appearing on the side.
It is very irritating that no viewer and pdf editor does this.

[try67]

If you change the application's preferences (Edit - Prefs. - Commenting) to disable create new pop-ups aligned with the edge of the document and to copy the selected text into the highlight it will work as you've described. You can also flatten the file after highlighting it to get rid of all the comment pop-ups once and for all.

[uri5C70]

THIS WORKS - do as Kesya0D45 says!

[Anthony27030307v8j3]

This worked perfectly.

[Dorrie BW]

My issue is that I do not want the recipient of my form to see the empty comment boxes.... say, when the pdf is opened in a browser.  The Commenting setting above does not do the trick, and though the Preflight trick removes the empty comments assiciated with the highlight, it also removes the remaining signature fields that I need folks to complete.  

[try67]

Set the fields as hidden (or non-printing), then run this code:

this.flattenPages({nNonPrint: 1});

You can change them back afterwards.

[Luke Jennings3]

There is an Acrobat solution, use this Preflight fixup, which will convert the highlighted text to normal page content. Tools> Print Production> Preflight> Fixups.

[DrBazza]

The issue is that if you highlight and create a comment you cannot then highlight part of that text to the clipboard. DAFT! WHY?