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heidis89101840
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September 26, 2018
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Highlighter not working in Adobe Reader DC

  • September 26, 2018
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The document allows me to choose the highlight function; however, the highlighter tool doesn't highlight anything. The document is not protected and was saved via microsoft save to pdf. Thanks for you help!

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      Correct answer try67

      Ok, found it. No I'm not able to select text with the cursor, so it must be

      an image. Any ideas how to freehand highlight other than CTRL highlight

      since that didn't work?


      You can use the Square tool to achieve a similar effect.

      On 26 September 2018 at 23:07, heidis89101840 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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      try67
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      try67Community Expert
      Community Expert
      September 26, 2018

      Can you select the text using the cursor tool? If not, it's not real text, but an image.

      In that case you can still draw free-hand highlights by holding down Ctrl when using the tool.

      heidis89101840
      heidis89101840Author
      Participant
      September 26, 2018

      I'm not sure what the cursor tool is. Highlight doesn't work with CTRL held

      down. I am able to underline text.

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      Cirillo32992634diy6
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      October 17, 2023

      You can use the Square tool to achieve a similar effect.

      On 26 September 2018 at 23:07, heidis89101840 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>


      Why is this shown as a correct answer? I pay way too much money for this software to have to rely on inconvenient work-arounds that simulate (poorly) the desired effect.

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