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How to search and highlight text in PDF on iPhone with DocHub

DocHub is a powerful online platform that streamlines document editing, signing, and distribution, making it easier for users to manage their documents efficiently. Whether you're using an Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, an Apple iPhone 16 Plus, or any other model, our editor allows you to seamlessly search and highlight text in PDF files, ensuring you can find vital information quickly and enhance your productivity—all for free.

Follow the steps to search and highlight text in PDF on iPhone using our platform

Open the DocHub website in your web browser on your iPhone and log in to your account.
Upload the PDF document you want to work on by choosing the appropriate option in the editor.
Once the document is open, utilize the search function to find specific text within the PDF. Simply enter the desired word or phrase.
After locating the text, highlight it by selecting the highlight tool and dragging across the text you want to emphasize.
You can continue to search for and highlight more text as needed throughout the document.
Once you’ve completed your highlights, you can save the document, share it via email, or export it directly to your preferred storage service.

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welcome to fast it friday this is amy bowser Rollins with litigation support guru in todays tip I want to share with you an docHub action then will automate highlighting terms that you search for across PDFs the first thing I found is this action that was created for Acrobat 10 and I use acrobat 11 in this step by step the instructions say to edit the action and I cant edit the action because I have 11 I cant edit an acrobat 10 action so I recreated the action in Acrobat 11 and in doing so I decided to change a few things I have a small list of PDF files here and were going to use search terms and search across these pdfs and automatically highlight everywhere where it finds a term were starting with docHub and were going to click on tools and then were going to go to the action wizard were going to go to manage actions and then im going to import my action sequence its warning me that it has javascript which I already know and its telling me where to find it h

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How to highlight text in iPhone?

Add or remove a highlight You can highlight text everywhere except in charts and table cells. Add a highlight: Select text, then tap Highlight. Remove a highlight: Double-tap the highlighted text, then tap Remove Highlight. Highlight text in Pages on iPhone - Apple Support Apple Support guide pages-iphone ios Apple Support guide pages-iphone ios

How do I search and highlight words in a PDF?

Open the document that you want to add text highlights to in docHub, and press Plug-ins Highlight Highlight Text By Search. Use the Highlight Text by Search dialog to configure the text search and highlighting options.

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

Highlight Text: Choose the text you want to highlight by tapping and dragging your finger over it. Then click on the colour that you wish your selected text to be highlighted in. 6. Save and Share: After highlighting, tap the Save button to save the annotated PDF to your device.

How to highlight files on iPhone?

Heres how to use this method: Open the Files app on your iPhone. Navigate to the folder containing the files you want to select. Tap the Select button located in the top right corner of the screen. Tap on each file you wish to select. To deselect a file, tap it again to remove the checkmark. How to Select Multiple Files on iPhone - Slik Safe sliksafe.com blog how-to-select-multiple sliksafe.com blog how-to-select-multiple

How do I select text in a PDF on my iPhone?

Select, cut, copy, and paste text on iPhone Select a word: Double-tap with one finger. Select a paragraph: Triple-tap with one finger. Select a block of text: Double-tap and hold the first word in the block, then move the grab points to select text. Select, cut, copy, and paste text on iPhone - Apple Support apple.com guide iphone ios apple.com guide iphone ios

How do you highlight text in a PDF on iPhone?

How to Annotate a PDF on iPhone Select the text you want to markup. Drag your finger over the text or element you want to select. Choose markup type in the popover. Tap the highlight, underline or strikethrough buttons to markup the text. Customize the annotation and add comments.

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Search and highlight text in PDF on iPhone mobile device

How to search and highlight text in PDF on iPhone with DocHub

Follow the steps to search and highlight text in PDF on iPhone using our platform

PDF editing simplified with DocHub

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How to search and highlight text in PDF on iPhone