{"id":22757,"date":"2024-06-12T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systweak.com\/blogs\/?p=22757"},"modified":"2024-06-17T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T12:29:56","slug":"cant-highlight-text-in-pdf-document","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systweak.com\/blogs\/cant-highlight-text-in-pdf-document\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t Highlight Text In A PDF Document? How To Fix It (Online &#038; Offline)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A PDF document is a digital document that doesn\u2019t change format when opened on different devices. To make this possible, creators have applied editing restrictions to PDF documents, and due to this, many PDF users across the globe face issues when they want to highlight text, remove certain pages, annotate, etc, and make similar changes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luckily, with the help of Systweak PDF Editor, this problem can be easily resolved. With this amazing PDF reader, you can highlight and edit text, merge, compress, split, rotate PDF, and do a lot more without damaging the document&#8217;s format or outline.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why Unable to Highlight Text In PDF Document<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many reasons. We have listed some of them:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Comment Restrictions\u2014<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the PDF creators have applied special permissions, readers cannot select text in PDFs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Password Protection\u2014 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDFs that are password protected cannot be selected until the user knows the password.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>PDF Reader Incapability &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Not all PDF readers have the feature to allow users to highlight PDF documents. To do so, you need a PDF reader with a highlighter module.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Scanned PDF Document &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some PDF documents are scanned copies of a document, which makes it difficult to recognize the difference between the text and the image. Hence, you cannot highlight text in such PDF documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How To Highlight Text In PDF Document<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three methods &#8211; Use the free Adobe tool or an online tool, or use The Systweak PDF Editor app. We have explained all the methods below:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Using Adobe Acrobat Reader (Free Tool )<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free PDF highlighter tool. Here is what you need to do:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 1: Download and Install Adobe Acrobat Reader using the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/reader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official website link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 2: Open the software, click the Menu button in the top left corner, and select Open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22758\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.systweak.com\/content\/wp\/bg_systweak_com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Adobe-Acrobat-Reader-Menu-Button.png\" alt=\"Adobe Acrobat Reader Menu Button\" width=\"311\" height=\"284\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 3: Browse through the File Explorer window to locate and choose the PDF file.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 4: After opening the PDF file, navigate to the page where you want to highlight and click on the Highlight option in the vertical floating bar.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22759\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.systweak.com\/content\/wp\/bg_systweak_com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Highlight-option-in-vertical-floating-bar.png\" alt=\"Highlight option in vertical floating bar\" width=\"357\" height=\"410\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 5: Choose Highlight, and then choose the color of the highlight.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 6: The mouse icon will change; you can drag it over the text you wish to highlight.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Using Small PDF Online Tool<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 1: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallpdf.com\/edit-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click this link<\/a> to open the Small PDF web tool in your browser<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 2: Click on the <\/span><b>Choose Files<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button to open the File Explorer, locate and select the PDF.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22762\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.systweak.com\/content\/wp\/bg_systweak_com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Choose-Files-button-in-online-pdf-editor.png\" alt=\"Choose Files button in online pdf editor\" width=\"341\" height=\"356\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 3: In the tab above, click on the Highlight text option and select the color of the highlight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22765\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.systweak.com\/content\/wp\/bg_systweak_com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Highlight-text-option.png\" alt=\"Highlight text option\" width=\"1206\" height=\"472\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1206px) 100vw, 1206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 4: Hold the left mouse button and drag the cursor over the text you wish to highlight.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22764\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.systweak.com\/content\/wp\/bg_systweak_com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/highlighted-text.png\" alt=\"highlighted text\" width=\"663\" height=\"118\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 5: After you have completed highlighting, click on the export button in the top-right corner and save your PDF in your desired location.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Using Systweak PDF Editor<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Step 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Download the Systweak PDF Editor from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.systweakpdfeditor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or click on the Download button below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"download_buttons_section\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;display:none;\" class=\"downloadnow-btn-show os-windows\" data-eventsource=\"DownloadNow_post_button\"><a data-param=\"systweakblog,wp_json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22757,pos-1,\" data-operation=\"iframe\" class=\"ds-download-link \" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.systweak.com\/blogs\/download-product\/spe\/w\/22757\/1\" onclick=\"gtag('event', 'ProductDownloadSysBlog', { 'event_label' :'cant-highlight-text-in-pdf-document', 'event_category':'windows-1' });\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bg.systweak.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/download-button-shortcode-new\/images\/window_btn.png\" alt=\"download\" width=\"250\" height=\"65\"><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Step 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Double-click on the downloaded file and launch the installation process. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the Systweak PDF Editor installation process.<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Step 3:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Open the app.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"color-box\">\n<div class=\"shadow\">\n<div class=\"info-tab note-icon\" style=\"background:#47ADE0\"><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"note-box\" style=\"background:#d5e9f6\">\n<p> <strong> Note : <\/strong>The trial version is activated for 7 days with full features. If you find the app desirable, you can purchase this app and then enter the registration key to activate it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Step 4: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on the Open PDF tab in the left panel and select the file you wish to highlight by navigating to the file location via File Explorer.<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Step 5:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Once the PDF file is selected and opened, it will be loaded in the Systweak PDF Editor app interface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22115\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.systweak.com\/content\/wp\/bg_systweak_com\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2024-04-25_07-38-19-276.png\" alt=\"Systweak PDF Editor_Home Screen\" width=\"1336\" height=\"851\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Step 6:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Next, click Comment in the top line and select Highlight among the options beneath the top menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22763\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.systweak.com\/content\/wp\/bg_systweak_com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Highlight-option-in-comment-tab.png\" alt=\"Highlight option in comment tab\" width=\"884\" height=\"238\" sizes=\"(max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Step 7:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Next, look towards the farther right panel of the app interface and choose the color you wish to highlight the words or lines in your PDF file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22766\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.systweak.com\/content\/wp\/bg_systweak_com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/color-options.png\" alt=\"color options\" width=\"223\" height=\"514\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Step 8:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> By default, only four colors are available, but you can use the multi-color ball to choose any color you wish to highlight your PDF.<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Step 9:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Once you have chosen the color, move to the center section of the app interface, press the left mouse button, and drag the cursor along the words or lines you wish to highlight.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22767\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.systweak.com\/content\/wp\/bg_systweak_com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/highlighted-text-using-systweak-pdf-editor.png\" alt=\"highlighted text using systweak pdf editor\" width=\"671\" height=\"107\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"color-box\">\n<div class=\"shadow\">\n<div class=\"info-tab note-icon\" style=\"background:#47ADE0\"><i><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"note-box\" style=\"background:#d5e9f6\">\n<p> <strong> Note : <\/strong>You can use multiple colors in a single line.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why Should You Choose Systweak PDF Editor?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike other PDF editing software, Systweak PDF Editor allows you to use its feature for free for 7 days. Once the trial expires, you can upgrade to the paid version and use it to edit text, digitally sign PDFs, protect PDFs, compress, merge, split, and do a lot more. The software is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.systweak.com\/blogs\/systweak-pdf-editor-review-is-it-the-best-full-featured-alternative-of-acrobat\/\">user and pocket-friendly<\/a>. For the price you pay, you can perform the following tasks using it:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Edit PDF<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows users to add and edit text in PDFs. You can also add images, text callouts, notes, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Annotate PDF<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With this PDF manager, users can highlight text and underline text in the PDF along with other options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Read PDF.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Systweak PDF Editor can read and edit PDF files. It offers different modes, such as Single View, Scrolling View, Fit Width, etc., to make the reading experience more comfortable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Modify Pages.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Systweak PDF Editor allows users to add, delete, and rotate pages within a PDF.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Convert PDF.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Users can also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.systweak.com\/blogs\/convert-pdf-files-to-other-formats\/\"> convert PDF files to Word<\/a>, PowerPoint, Excel, and Image formats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Secure PDF.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It allows users to secure a PDF file by applying a password.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Can You Highlight The Text On Your PDF?<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope that you can highlight text in PDF documents with ease. There are three methods. We suggest Systweak PDF Editor because it offers many other editing modes. Do write to us about your experience in the comments section.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>FAQs &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Where can I highlight PDF for free?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use the Systweak PDF Editor to highlight PDF documents, offering a fully functional trial version free for 7 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How do I highlight and copy text in a PDF?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select the Comment and highlight feature and choose the color to highlight. Drag the mouse on the text you wish to highlight, and it will be selected. Similarly, select the text you wish to copy and press Ctrl + C to copy the text and Ctrl + V to paste the copied text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.systweak.com\/blogs\/retrieving-data-wait-a-few-seconds-and-try-to-cut-or-copy-again-in-ms-excel\/\"> How to fix retrieving data wait a few seconds and try to cut or copy again<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A PDF document is a digital document that doesn\u2019t change format when opened on different devices. To make this possible, creators have applied editing restrictions to PDF documents, and due to this, many PDF users across the globe face issues when they want to highlight text, remove certain pages, annotate, etc, and make similar changes.\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.systweak.com\/blogs\/cant-highlight-text-in-pdf-document\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can\u2019t Highlight Text In A PDF Document? 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