How to Highlight Text in a PDF Document (From WiKiHow)

While reading a PDF document you may want to highlight text just as you would in a hard-copy document. You can use the Highlighter Tool in Adobe Acrobat 6 Professional to highlight text in a PDF document.

[edit] Steps

1. Click Tools > Commenting > Highlighting > Highlighter Tool.
   The pointer shape changes into a cursor shape [ ].


2. Select the text you want to highlight.
   The selected text is highlighted.
   
   


3. To select a different highlight color, select and right-click the highlighted text.


4. Select Properties from the shortcut menu.
   The Highlight Properties dialog box appears.
   
   


5. Click the Color button.
   The Color drop-down menu is displayed.
   
   


6. Select a highlight color from the Color drop-down menu.


7. Move the Opacity slider to increase or decrease the transparency of the highlight color. A smaller Opacity value increases the transparency of the highlight color.


8. Click Close to close the Highlight Properties dialog box.
   The selected highlight color is applied to the text.
   
   


9. To make sure that the highlights are included when printing to printer, select 'Document and Markups' in the 'Comments and Forms' combo box of the Adobe Acrobat 'Print' dialog.