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Search Text in PDF. Search and Highlight
The search tool is one of pdfFiller’s the latest enhancements. Using this tool, you can find a word or a phrase in a PDF document. Now you will save even more time editing or annotating your PDFs because our search tool not only finds words, but also enables you to erase, highlight, and redact them. To activate the Search tool, click the Search button on the main toolbar or press CTRL+F on your keyboard.
The search toolbar will appear under the editing tools.
Type the text you want to find in the search field. The counter will show you the total number of search terms found in the document and the ordinal number of the current search term. The currently selected term is highlighted in green, the others in red.
To jump to the next search term, click the down arrow; to go to the previous instance, click the up arrow.
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How do I search and highlight text in a PDF?
Step 1: Open the PDF File. Open the PDF file that has highlighted text you need to find.
Step 2: Click the “Comments” icon. In the lower-left corner, click on the “Comments” icon.
Step 3: Select and view the highlighted text.
How do you search for a word in a PDF with highlights?
OCR the document if necessary.
Choose Tools>Redaction.
Click the Search and Redact button.
Type in your search term.
Click the Search and Redact button.
Click Check All which will mark each result.
How do I highlight a word in search?
Choose Find from the Edit menu or press [Ctrl]+F.
On the Find tab, enter the word or phrase into the Find What control.
Check the Highlight All Items Found In option (shown below).
Click Find All and click Close.
How can I highlight on a PDF?
Open the Comment toolbar and select the desired annotation tool.
To select the drawing markup tool, open the Comment toolbar and click the Drawing Tools icon. Select the desired tool from the Drawing Tools menu.
How do I highlight text in restricted PDF?
Follow these steps & highlight text in PDF file with the PDF highlighter tool offered by Adobe Reader: Open your PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. After that select the Highlight Text Tool. Now, point and click the cursor next to the text that you want to highlight.
How to highlight search results in PDF?
How to Use the Search and Highlight Text in PDF Feature Open the PDF document you want to search and highlight text in. Click on the search bar located at the top right corner of the screen. Type in the keyword or phrase you want to search for. Press Enter or click on the search icon to start the search.
How do you enable text highlights in PDF?
Select the highlighter tool from the horizontal toolbox located at the top of the PDF editor. Select the desired color of your highlighter tool. Click and drag the cursor to select the text area to highlight, releasing when you've finished.
How to highlight text in a PDF file?
How to highlight a PDF. Select the highlighter tool from the horizontal toolbox located at the top of the PDF editor. Select the desired color of your highlighter tool. Click and drag the cursor to select the text area to highlight, releasing when you've finished.
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