Add comments to PDF files with highlights, sticky notes, a freehand drawing tool, and mark-up tools. If you would like to change the text highlight color or get the text highlighted in multiple different colors (E.g., want some items to be yellow, and others a different color). This can be achieved with the help of below mentioned steps, where you can change the color of your highlighted text and set it (from the one given in color panel) as per your desire. Choose Tools > Comment to open the Comment toolbar. The comments that you add to the document are displayed in the right pane. 2. Select the Highlighter from the Menu-bar at the top. 3. Highlight the text and select. Right-click on highlighted text and select Properties. On the Highlight Properties dialog, select the color from the Color panel and click OK. Note: If you would like to make this color choice as default, you may check the dialog box “Make Properties Default” and then click OK. Hope this has helped you manage your text Highlight color! Have any further questions in mind? Then please join the conversation here. Your feedback is valuable for us! For other great resources click here: Message: Update your OS or Browser while signing into Acrobat | Cannot verify your subscription status-Adobe Acrobat DC | Understand how and when we can display PDF in web browser-Acrobat DC Know more about the Sign Enhancements with Acrobat DC’s latest version.

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How to change the Highlight color in Adobe Acrobat/Reader

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Add comments to PDF files with highlights, sticky notes, a freehand drawing tool, and mark-up tools.

If you would like to change the text highlight color or get the text highlighted in multiple different colors (E.g., want some items to be yellow, and others a different color). This can be achieved with the help of below mentioned steps, where you can change the color of your highlighted text and set it (from the one given in color panel) as per your desire.

Choose Tools > Comment to open the Comment toolbar. The comments that you add to the document are displayed in the right pane.

2. Select the Highlighter from the Menu-bar at the top.

3. Highlight the text and select.

Right-click on highlighted text and select Properties.

On the Highlight Properties dialog, select the color from the Color panel and click OK.

Note: If you would like to make this color choice as default, you may check the dialog box “Make Properties Default” and then click OK.

Hope this has helped you manage your text Highlight color! Have any further questions in mind? Then please join the conversation here. Your feedback is valuable for us!

For other great resources click here: Message: Update your OS or Browser while signing into Acrobat | Cannot verify your subscription status-Adobe Acrobat DC | Understand how and when we can display PDF in web browser-Acrobat DC

Know more about the Sign Enhancements with Acrobat DC’s latest version.

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vasilisnikolo

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Hello.I woudl a sk you if and how can change the default highlight text color via preferences.I know that i can do it if enable the highlight text icon >pass over the text and choose with right clik via pop up window.But from preferences how to do that?

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Bernd Alheit

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Choose the color and enable "Make Properties Default".

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vasilisnikolo

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Thank you.Can i do it also from general settings?

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Jerry22675104b9jq

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Originally, if you right-click on the program, you can change the color of the highlighter conveniently, but on my computer, you can't change the color of the highlighter, but do you know how to solve it?