Highlight, strikeout, or underline text

These tools allow you to make corrections in the PDF document, such as striking out wrong parts of the text, highlighting important parts or underlining parts you want to emphasize. Unlike text editing tools, commenting tools do not alter the original content of the document. So, for example, stricken out text looks like that only for the purposes of reviewing.

Highlighting the text

To highlight the text, click the Highlight Text button Highlight text in Master PDF Editor on the toolbar, or select the tool using the down arrow:

Highlight text in Master PDF Editor

 

Then, select the text you want to highlight:

Highlight text in Master PDF Editor

 

When you release the mouse button, the selected text gets highlighted.

Highlight text in Master PDF Editor

 

Striking out the text

To strikeout some text in the PDF document, click the Strikeout Text button Strikeout text in Master PDF Editor on the toolbar, or select the tool using the down arrow.

Then, select the text you want to strikeout. This will make the selected text strikeout.

Strikeout text in Master PDF Editor

 

Underlining the text

To underline some text in the document, click the Underline Text toolbar button  Underline text in Master PDF Editor or select it in the dropdown menu.

Then, select the text you want to underline. This will make the selected text underlined.

Underline text in Master PDF Editor

 

Editing highlighted, underlined or strikeout text properties

To edit properties of the highlighted, underlined or strikeout text, select the Hand Tool using the corresponding toolbar button Hand Tool in Master PDF Editor or the Tools menu (Alt+6). Then, click the text you want to modify.

Change parameters of the highlighted text

Specifically, you can adjust the color and highlight opacity, line width, and specify a comment that is shown when you hover the cursor over the text.

Commenting the highlighted text in Master PDF Editor

 

You can also change the status of the comment and enable the Locked option, so only the author can modify properties of the highlighted text.