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How to search and highlight text in PDF on MacBook Pro with DocHub

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Follow the steps to search and highlight text in PDF on MacBook Pro

  1. Open the DocHub website and log in to your account using your credentials.
  2. Once logged in, upload the PDF document you wish to edit by dragging it into the designated area or selecting the upload option.
  3. After your document is uploaded, use the search function to locate specific text by entering the keywords you want to find.
  4. Once you’ve found the text, highlight it by selecting the highlight feature and dragging over the desired section.
  5. If needed, add comments or notes alongside your highlighted text to provide additional context.
  6. Review your edits and highlights to ensure everything is as you want it. You can also make any further changes to the document.
  7. Finally, download, print, or share the edited PDF as needed to complete your document management process.

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6, the Mail compose panel toolbar contains a text foreground, and text background button. Select your text to be highlighted, and click the text background button (adjacent to the Bold button), and select the highlight color.
0:04 1:39 How to Highlight text (or files) using a Mac (and a trackpad) - YouTube YouTube Start of suggested clip End of suggested clip Hold down the trackpad with your left hand and move up with your right and you see its highlightedMoreHold down the trackpad with your left hand and move up with your right and you see its highlighted or grace you can do the same thing start at the beginning.
Click the Shapes button, then click the Highlight button. Drag the highlight where you want. To resize it, use the blue handles.
Highlight text Press Shift-Command-H on the keyboard. Choose Insert Highlight from the Insert menu at the top of your screen. (The Insert button on the Pages toolbar doesnt have the Highlight command.) Click Highlight in the review toolbar at the top of the document.
On your Mac, select an item you want to dragsuch as an image or block of text. Press and hold the trackpad or mouse while you drag the item to a new location. To copy the item instead of moving it, press and hold the Option key while you drag.
How to search a PDF on a Mac Press CMD + F. In the text box that appears, search your selected term or phrase. Click the arrows to navigate the highlighted results.
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.
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.

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