How to Use

Last updated:July 8, 2026

Use Highlight Form Fields through 3 how-to topics, all related to PDF text editing; choose a topic from the index and follow the entry path and steps to complete the task.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Apply Highlight Form Fields

Entry path: Edit tab → Edit Content → Text Editing → Highlight

  1. Click the Edit tab on the top menu bar.
  2. Click Edit Content to enter content editing mode.
  3. Click Text Editing on the toolbar to switch to text editing mode.
  4. Select the text you want to format.
  5. Click Highlight on the toolbar to apply the highlight effect.

Success Criteria

  • Visual result: The selected text shows a highlight effect.
  • Next action available: You can continue editing other text, save the file, or apply more formatting.

Tips While Using

  • Enter Text Editing mode before selecting text and using the Highlight button.
  • This feature note indicates that PDF editing requires membership.
  • Text in scanned PDFs may not be editable until OCR is completed.

2. Remove an Existing Highlight

Entry path: Edit tab → Edit Content → Text Editing → Highlight

  1. Open the Edit tab and click Edit Content.
  2. Switch to Text Editing mode.
  3. Select the text that already has a highlight.
  4. Click Highlight again to remove the current highlight effect.

Success Criteria

  • Visual result: The target text no longer shows a highlight effect.
  • Next action available: You can apply a new highlight or continue with other text formatting.

Tips While Using

  • Make sure the already highlighted text is selected accurately before removing the effect.
  • This feature note indicates that PDF editing requires membership.

3. Combine Highlighting with Other Text Formatting

Entry path: Edit tab → Edit Content → Text Editing → Bold / Italic / Underline and related buttons

  1. Open Edit Content and switch to Text Editing mode.
  2. Select the text you want to adjust.
  3. Click Highlight to apply the highlight effect.
  4. Continue by clicking Bold, Italic, Underline, or other formatting buttons as needed.
  5. Check whether the formatting effects are applied together.

Success Criteria

  • Visual result: The text shows both highlighting and the additional selected formatting.
  • Next action available: You can save the document or continue editing other paragraphs.

Tips While Using

  • Multiple formatting effects can be combined, so it is helpful to confirm the final appearance step by step.
  • This feature note indicates that PDF editing requires membership.