How Do You Highlight Text In A PDF Document?
• If you’re using a Mac, open your PDF using Preview • Go to Tools > Annotate > Highlight Text Select the text you want to highlight • First, open your PDF using Acrobat (I’m using Acrobat 9 Pro Extended). • Go to Comment Menu > Show Comment & Markup Toolbar. • Click on the Markup icon (the fourth one, a printed T letter and pencil). Select the text you want to highlight. • Go to DocQ.com at http://docq.com/ • Upload your PDF. Once uploaded select the “Markup” tools on the left. This will display the available tools. The one that looks like a pen towards the bottom is the highlighter – select it. • Define the font size which you want to highlight in properties on right side of app – (it provides a way for DocQ to create a highlight of the same text size) • Click and drag your mouse over the text you wish to highlight. It works like a physical highlighter so you need to pick up and re-click on subsequent lines of text. Align any of the highlights to better cover the text.
• Open your PDF using Adobe Reader. This is the free edition of Adobe Acrobat that allows you to preview (and fill out, given permission) PDF files. Double-clicking a PDF file in Windows will usually open it in Reader as the default (unless you have a professional or alternative version). • Click the Highlight Text button. This shows the letter “T” (for “text”) highlighted in yellow. Click and drag your mouse over the text you wish to highlight. • Open your PDF using Preview • Go to Tools > Annotate > Highlight Text. Click and drag your mouse over the text you wish to highlight. • Alternatively, select the text you want to highlight & hit control + command + H. • Open your PDF using Acrobat. • Go to Comment Menu > Show Comment & Markup Toolbar. • Click the Highlight Text button. This shows the letter “T” (for “text”) highlighted in yellow. Click and drag your mouse over the text you wish to highlight. • Go to DocQ.com. • Upload your PDF. • From the Markup tools on the left, select the
