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With the highlight tool. That assumes that it is actually text and not a graphic. If it is a graphic, you can use some of the drawing tools to do the job.

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Anonymous
October 7, 2016

Does anyone know how to fill in highlighted text? For some reason it only outlines it for me.

donnar39199468
donnar39199468
Participant
June 28, 2016

And where is the highlight tool

~graffiti
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Legend
June 28, 2016

That depends. What version of Reader do you have? This is a very old thread and some things change every version or two.

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EnchantedHeart
Participant
January 16, 2013

Left click and drag the pointer (with the mouse) across the text you want to highlight...THEN click the highlight tool. You cnanot click the highlight tool and drag it first for something to happen. You have to select and then choosed the highlight tool.

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    bepabepoHuka
    Participant
    August 17, 2013

    I'm not able to view the highlighter tool - it's "greyed out" and nothing I have done (under view, show/hide or in the tools makes any difference - it's as if the highlighter tools and the sticky notes is barred from use, as are all the other annotations. I've gone through "help", searched online, and a myriad of other things but this tool is still not available to me. Can anyone please help? I have just updated to Adober Reader XI - I used to be able to highlight with the previous version.

    Allta Media
    Community Expert
    Allta MediaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 22, 2013

    Is there any type of security set on the file? Are you able to use the Find command to search for a word? If not maybe the file is an image and you need to run Text Recognition first.

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    Bill12Correct answer
    Inspiring
    June 11, 2012

    With the highlight tool. That assumes that it is actually text and not a graphic. If it is a graphic, you can use some of the drawing tools to do the job.

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      Sally StarAuthor
      Participant
      June 11, 2012

      Thank you so much, Bill, for your reply. My problem was/is that I could

      not get the highlight tool to work. I tried countless times before posting

      my query on the website. You assumed correctly; I was/am working with text.

      I was using Adobe reader to highlight text in an Adobe doc I had created

      and need to forward to a third party. I wanted to highlight that text in

      the document that is salient to the actions I am asking of the third party.

      Perhaps the highlight tool cannot be used in a previously created Adobe

      document. In any event, I do appreciate your reply.

        Allta Media
        Community Expert
        Allta MediaCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 11, 2012

        Are you able to search for any words in your PDF? In order to use the highlight tool, the words need to be actual text in the document and not just an image (i.e., scanned). If you are able to search for a word then you should be able to select the text and highlight it.

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