Highlight in scanned PDF on Tablet quickly

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How to highlight in scanned PDF on Tablet with DocHub

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DocHub is a versatile platform designed for efficient document management, enabling users to edit, sign, and distribute documents seamlessly. With its user-friendly interface, you can easily navigate through your scanned PDFs, making it simple to highlight important information. Whether you’re collaborating on a project or reviewing a contract, our editor allows you to enhance your scanned documents conveniently on your Tablet, ensuring a smooth workflow for all your document needs.

Follow the steps to highlight in scanned PDF on Tablet

  1. Open the DocHub website in your preferred web browser and log in to your account.
  2. Once logged in, locate the scanned PDF you wish to highlight by navigating through your files or uploading a new document.
  3. After opening the document, select the highlighting tool from the editing options available in the interface.
  4. Carefully drag your finger or stylus over the text you want to highlight, ensuring that you capture all the relevant sections.
  5. If needed, adjust the highlight color or opacity to suit your preferences, enhancing the visibility of key information.
  6. Once you have finished highlighting, you can save your changes, download the updated document, or share it directly with others.

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Use docHub as your Android PDF editor. The Acrobat online tool helps you transform your PDF quickly and accurately, just how you want it. The Acrobat Pro tool offers more smart and searchable features along with a wider array of customizable options.
If you cannot highlight or select text in a PDF, the file might probably be a scanned copy and cannot be edited. How can you tell whether a copy was scanned? Its simple; the alignment of the text will be off, the pages borders wont be in the same place, and some text will be zoomed in more than others.
0:00 1:37 Screen. This screen allows you to highlight multiple words rename the highlight choose a highlightMoreScreen. This screen allows you to highlight multiple words rename the highlight choose a highlight color add tags to the highlight. And place the highlight in a category.
The Text Selection tool may not be selected: Choose Tools Text Selection, or click the Show Markup Toolbar button , then click the Text Selection button . The PDF may require a password before you can select or copy text: Choose Tools Show Inspector, click the Encryption Inspector button , then enter the password.
Open your PDF in Acrobat. Click and drag the cursor to select the area of text you want to highlight. A small toolbox will appear above your text. Select the highlighter tool icon and it will automatically highlight your selected text.
How to Highlight Images and Lines in PDF [3 Easy Methods] How to Highlight Images in PDF. Open File in PDFgear. Annotate Area in Image. Drag to Highlight. Change Highlight Color. Go to Comment Tool. Rectangle Tool. Draw Highlights.
How to highlight a PDF. Select the highlighter tool from the horizontal toolbox located at the top of the PDF editor. Select the desired color of your highlighter tool. Click and drag the cursor to select the text area to highlight, releasing when youve finished.
0:46 1:35 So this is the markup Tab. And then select the Highlight text option so click on it here choose theMoreSo this is the markup Tab. And then select the Highlight text option so click on it here choose the highlight color we are going to select blue you can also set opacity of highlight color from here.
The most common reason that you cant highlight PDF documents is because the document doesnt actually contain any real text. Instead, it contains scanned text, which is essentially an image of the text. In this case, you wont be able to highlight, underline, strikethrough, or edit this text in any way.
Open and view the PDF file that you want to read. Tap on the Markup icon, which is present at the top of the interface. Choose the highlight option from this toolbar. Also, if you want to change the color of the highlighting tool, be sure to long-press that icon.

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