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How do I unhighlight a word in a PDF document that has been saved?

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How do I un-highlight a word in a PDF document that has been saved?

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try67Correct answer

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I don't have a "Redact" tool in the Tools/Content Editing pane ; neither is Redact a choice in my drop-down menu <<View/Tools/>>. How am I missing this? Thanks

It's under Tools - Protection, and only available in Acrobat Pro.

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Maggie22453630v1he

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Right click on the highlighted text

Click on Properties

Change color to white

Click ok, and you're done!

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noahB82C

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none of this works for me. i have the PDF subscription. so dumb that Adobe doesn't make it easier to unhighlight a documetn that i personally highlighted.

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j1valverde

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Worked GREAT! A few highlighted areas remained but that was a quick, easy fix. Just have to click on the text box around the text and hit delete to get rid of the remaining highlighted areas. Thanks fo the trick michelleg63409541

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Anonymous

Yes! Easy Peasy! Thank you 🙂

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sanclub

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It's a bit tricky. I have googled it for awhile but couldn't find a better solution but by a luck, I found a proper and easy solution. Here what I have done.

Go to View => Comments => Annotations

There you will see all the highlighted words or sentences. Select what you have to un-highlight and right click. Delete.

That's all!

Hope this will help.

PS: You don't need a pro version.

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try67

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If that worked then you can simply click the highlight and press Delete and it will be gone, too.

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try67

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Click the highlight and then press Delete.

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michelleg63409541Author

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I did that, but it doesn't work. I can't delete or change the color to white. I have tried everything. This document was sent to me with 4 random words already highlighted and I can't un-highlight them. Any more suggestions?

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try67

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What do you see under the Comments List section of the Comment panel? Are the highlights visible there?

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