Highlight line and initial field in PDF online

Aug 6th, 2022
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01. Upload a document from your computer or cloud storage.
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02. Add text, images, drawings, shapes, and more.
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04. Send, export, fax, download, or print out your document.

Easily highlight line and initial field in PDF with DocHub

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Handling and modifying documents is a no-brainer if you have simple instruments designed to highlight line and initial field in PDF on hand. With DocHub’s instruments, adding and eliminating or changing elements in your documents is a question of a couple of mouse clicks with our intuitive interface and easy navigation.

Follow these steps to highlight line and initial field in PDF online

  1. Visit DocHub’s website and sign in to your account. If you do not have one, easily create it with your existing email profile.
  2. Go to your Dashboard and add your document. Upload it from your computer or link it from your cloud.
  3. Open the file for editing and use the DocHub toolbar to introduce the changes you need.
  4. Sign the document you’re working on with the legally-binding eSignature instrument if required.
  5. Review your adjustments and preserve them in your document.
  6. Retrieve the file in your document history, download it on your device, or send it to a specified recipient right away.

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Below are some common questions from our customers that may provide you with the answer you're looking for. If you can't find an answer to your question, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
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If you cannot select text at all (no matter how hard you try), your PDF document is likely a scanned PDF. You can only add Text Markup annotations (Highlight, Underline, Strikeout) to real text, not to image of text. You need to run OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software to turn images of text into real text.
To add your initials: From the left panel, select your initial, move over to the field where you want to add it, and then click to place the signature. Else, from the Quick actions toolbar, select and then select your initial. Your initials appear in the field.
For help you may press the F1 key while viewing a form. button in the upper right hand corner of the menu bar of the PDF form. After clicking this button the Fillable Fields within the form will be highlighted in a light blue color which will allow you to enter your information within these fields.
Use the following steps to draw a line in your PDF using docHub. In Acrobat, Click the Tools tab, then click Comment. Click the Drawing Tools and select Line. From here, you can go to your document and draw a line. To make your line straight, press the Shift key and draw your line.
User your mouse to select the text in the form field. Right mouse click. Select the Text Style from the pop up context menu. Select underline.
To select a line of text, click to select the first letter of the sentence or phrase and drag to the last letter. To select multiple columns of text (horizontally), hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag across the width of the document.
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.
To move the line or its end points, choose Tools Text Tool or Tools Note Tool, and use the mouse. Drag a black box to move an end point. To change the color used for the line, choose Tools Show Colors. To delete the line, choose Tools Text Tool or Tools Note Tool, select the line, and press Delete.

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