Preview User Guide
In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF you want to copy from. Do any of the following: Copy text: Choose Tools Text Selection, drag over the text, then choose Edit Copy. Copy a portion of text vertically: Choose Tools Text Selection, hold down the Option key as you select the text, then choose Edit Copy. (This is useful for copying a column in a table.). When I select text in PDF file in Preview it doesn't highlight properly. This issue is reproducible after a restart. I'm on Mojave 10.14.1. I mean it's not about highlighting words or something, that works. But when I select text to copy it, it doesn't highlight although I can copy it and paste somewhere.
You can use the highlight, underline, and strikethrough text tools to draw attention to text in a PDF. These marks are often used in conjunction with speech bubbles and notes.
Highlight, underline, or strike though text
In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF you want to change.
Do any of the following:
Quickly highlight, underline, or strike through text: Select text, click the down arrow next to the Highlight button , then choose a highlight color, underline, or strikethrough.
Use highlight mode: Click the Highlight button (so it turns gray), click the down arrow next to the Highlight button, then choose a highlight color, underline, or strikethrough. Now, whenever you select some text, the highlighting style you chose is automatically applied to the text.
To turn off highlighting, click the highlight tool again.
Remove a highlight, an underline, or a strikethrough: Control-click the text, then choose Remove item from the shortcut menu.
View all the highlights in a PDF
In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF you want to change.
Choose View > Highlights and Notes (so Highlights and Notes has a checkmark next to it). Each section of highlighted text appears in the sidebar.
Preview User Guide
You can use the highlight, underline, and strikethrough text tools to draw attention to text in a PDF. These marks are often used in conjunction with speech bubbles and notes.
Highlight, underline, or strike though text
In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF you want to change.
Do any of the following:
Quickly highlight, underline, or strike through text: Select text, click the down arrow next to the Highlight button , then choose a highlight color, underline, or strikethrough.
Use highlight mode: Click the Highlight button (so it turns gray), click the down arrow next to the Highlight button, then choose a highlight color, underline, or strikethrough. Now, whenever you select some text, the highlighting style you chose is automatically applied to the text.
To turn off highlighting, click the highlight tool again.
Remove a highlight, an underline, or a strikethrough: Control-click the text, then choose Remove item from the shortcut menu.
View all the highlights in a PDF
Preview For Mac Underlining Text When Highlight Text Selected Message
Highlight, underline, or strike though text
In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF you want to change.
Do any of the following:
Quickly highlight, underline, or strike through text: Select text, click the down arrow next to the Highlight button , then choose a highlight color, underline, or strikethrough.
Use highlight mode: Click the Highlight button (so it turns gray), click the down arrow next to the Highlight button, then choose a highlight color, underline, or strikethrough. Now, whenever you select some text, the highlighting style you chose is automatically applied to the text.
To turn off highlighting, click the highlight tool again.
Remove a highlight, an underline, or a strikethrough: Control-click the text, then choose Remove item from the shortcut menu.
View all the highlights in a PDF
In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF you want to change.
Choose View > Highlights and Notes (so Highlights and Notes has a checkmark next to it). Each section of highlighted text appears in the sidebar.
Preview User Guide
You can use the highlight, underline, and strikethrough text tools to draw attention to text in a PDF. These marks are often used in conjunction with speech bubbles and notes.
Highlight, underline, or strike though text
In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF you want to change.
Do any of the following:
Quickly highlight, underline, or strike through text: Select text, click the down arrow next to the Highlight button , then choose a highlight color, underline, or strikethrough.
Use highlight mode: Click the Highlight button (so it turns gray), click the down arrow next to the Highlight button, then choose a highlight color, underline, or strikethrough. Now, whenever you select some text, the highlighting style you chose is automatically applied to the text.
To turn off highlighting, click the highlight tool again.
Remove a highlight, an underline, or a strikethrough: Control-click the text, then choose Remove item from the shortcut menu.
View all the highlights in a PDF
Preview For Mac Underlining Text When Highlight Text Selected Message
In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF you want to change.
Choose View > Highlights and Notes (so Highlights and Notes has a checkmark next to it). Each section of highlighted text appears in the sidebar.
Preview For Mac Underlining Text When Highlight Text Selected Messages
