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How to highlight text in PDF on Desktop with DocHub

DocHub is an innovative platform that enhances your document management experience by offering seamless editing, signing, and distribution of files. With its deep integration with Google Workspace, users can effortlessly import, modify, and sign documents directly from Google apps, ensuring a smooth workflow. Highlighting text in PDF on Desktop is one of the many features that make it easy to emphasize important information in your documents, whether for personal use or business needs.

Follow the steps to highlight text in PDF on Desktop

Open the DocHub website and log in to your account.
Upload the PDF document you want to edit by selecting the appropriate option from the menu.
Once your document is open in the editor, navigate to the highlighting feature, which is typically located within the editing tools.
Select the area of text you wish to highlight by clicking and dragging over the desired text.
Choose your preferred highlight color to make the text stand out according to your preference.
After highlighting, review your changes to ensure everything looks good. You can make additional edits if necessary.
Once satisfied with your edits, download the final document, print it, or share it directly from the platform.

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How do I highlight text in a PDF on my computer?

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How do you highlight a document on a laptop?

Highlight selected text Select the text that you want to highlight. Go to Home and select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color. Select the color that you want. Note: Use a light highlight color if you plan to print the document by using a monochrome palette or printer.

How do I highlight text in a PDF on my laptop?

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 make PDF text selectable?

To make a PDF searchable using docHub, you can follow these steps: Open docHub on your computer. Click Open. Find and select the document you want to make searchable, then click Open. Head to Tools and select Recognize Text. Press PDF Output Style Searchable Image. Select OK.

Why cant I highlight text in a PDF?

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.

Why cant I highlight text in PDF?

The document is secured or protected To keep the PDF document secure, the author or distributor may have disabled edits and comments, which means that those viewing and using the document cannot highlight text on it.

How do you highlight text in a PDF browser?

Highlight PDF Using a Chrome Extension the Glasps Chrome extension. Create and log in to your Glasp account. Open a PDF in Chrome and click the Glasp icon. Select the highlight tool, choose a color, and highlight text. Find all your highlights and annotations on your Glasp home page.

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