Safeguard Highlight Document For Free

Therefore, to enable highlighting in PDF document it is necessary to bypass Permissions Password for commenting. Once, the security is removed from the PDF file users can easily select and highlight secured PDF document.

How it works Download a new copy of the PDF (with the new sealer password applied) Open the PDF. Click the 'Lock' icon in the upper-left corner of the page. Click the link labeled: Permission Details. In the "Security Method' drop down, select: No Security. Enter your unlock password and click the OK button three times.

Click and drag the cursor to select the area of text you want to highlight. A small toolbox will appear above your text. Select the highlighter tool icon and it will automatically highlight your selected text. To modify, click on the highlighted area, and a new toolbox will appear.

I am sorry but there is no way to highlight a locked PDF until and unless you do not unlock it . For the security reasons PDF' are locked. You could just view a locked PDF.

In Adobe Acrobat Reader DC two workarounds can be used: Use a low opacity rectangle to cover the text: Click on Comment icon to enable the tools. Click on Draw Rectangle tool, ... Print the PDF document as Image in a PDF file: Open the file in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and choose Print,

How to add passwords and permissions to PDF files: Open a file in Acrobat and choose ?Tools? > ?Protect.? Select whether you want to restrict editing with a password or encrypt the file with a certificate or password. Set password or security method as desired. Click ?OK? and then click ?Save.?

Here you go: Open your PDF file>Click File> Click Print> Printer = Adobe PDF>Click Print>Save as (Give this file name a new name)> You can now highlight as normal. You will notice some of the pages are flipped around, so you will need to rotate them. This should solve the issue.

How to unlock a PDF to remove password security: Open the PDF in Acrobat. Use the ?Unlock? tool: Choose ?Tools? > ?Protect? > ?Encrypt? > ?Remove Security.? Remove Security: The options vary depending on the type of password security attached to the document.