Highlight all instances of a given word in a PDF.
I want to highlight, preferably permanently, all instances of a search result in a PDF. For example, I want to highlight all examples of the word 'class' in a piece about Karl Marx to make finding the material I need to make notes on easier.
I suspect the reason I can't do this on either Foxit or Adobe Reader is that they both re-scan the document every time you highlight a search result, and this takes a long time.
Is it possible at all?
pdf search highlighting
edited Sep 28 '17 at 20:32
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I want to highlight, preferably permanently, all instances of a search result in a PDF. For example, I want to highlight all examples of the word 'class' in a piece about Karl Marx to make finding the material I need to make notes on easier.
I suspect the reason I can't do this on either Foxit or Adobe Reader is that they both re-scan the document every time you highlight a search result, and this takes a long time.
Is it possible at all?
pdf search highlighting
edited Sep 28 '17 at 20:32
Hennes
59k792141
asked Jul 19 '15 at 20:00
foxittfoxitt
1112
It had to be verified whether it does actually work in Acrobat Reader DC (or XI), but it is possible to parse the document page by page, and search for the according keyword, and create the highlight annotation, and save the document.
– Max Wyss
Jul 19 '15 at 20:14
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I want to highlight, preferably permanently, all instances of a search result in a PDF. For example, I want to highlight all examples of the word 'class' in a piece about Karl Marx to make finding the material I need to make notes on easier.
I suspect the reason I can't do this on either Foxit or Adobe Reader is that they both re-scan the document every time you highlight a search result, and this takes a long time.
Is it possible at all?
pdf search highlighting
edited Sep 28 '17 at 20:32
Hennes
59k792141
asked Jul 19 '15 at 20:00
foxittfoxitt
1112
I want to highlight, preferably permanently, all instances of a search result in a PDF. For example, I want to highlight all examples of the word 'class' in a piece about Karl Marx to make finding the material I need to make notes on easier.
I suspect the reason I can't do this on either Foxit or Adobe Reader is that they both re-scan the document every time you highlight a search result, and this takes a long time.
Is it possible at all?
pdf search highlighting
pdf search highlighting
edited Sep 28 '17 at 20:32
Hennes
59k792141
asked Jul 19 '15 at 20:00
foxittfoxitt
1112
edited Sep 28 '17 at 20:32
Hennes
59k792141
asked Jul 19 '15 at 20:00
foxittfoxitt
1112
edited Sep 28 '17 at 20:32
Hennes
59k792141
edited Sep 28 '17 at 20:32
Hennes
59k792141
edited Sep 28 '17 at 20:32
Hennes
59k792141
59k792141
asked Jul 19 '15 at 20:00
foxittfoxitt
1112
asked Jul 19 '15 at 20:00
foxittfoxitt
1112
asked Jul 19 '15 at 20:00
foxittfoxitt
1112
1112
It had to be verified whether it does actually work in Acrobat Reader DC (or XI), but it is possible to parse the document page by page, and search for the according keyword, and create the highlight annotation, and save the document.
– Max Wyss
Jul 19 '15 at 20:14
add a comment |
It had to be verified whether it does actually work in Acrobat Reader DC (or XI), but it is possible to parse the document page by page, and search for the according keyword, and create the highlight annotation, and save the document.
– Max Wyss
Jul 19 '15 at 20:14
It had to be verified whether it does actually work in Acrobat Reader DC (or XI), but it is possible to parse the document page by page, and search for the according keyword, and create the highlight annotation, and save the document.
– Max Wyss
Jul 19 '15 at 20:14
It had to be verified whether it does actually work in Acrobat Reader DC (or XI), but it is possible to parse the document page by page, and search for the according keyword, and create the highlight annotation, and save the document.
– Max Wyss
Jul 19 '15 at 20:14
add a comment |
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Open the PDF using Firefox browser and click the "highlight all" button after you open the Find dialog.
Find Dialog
answered Feb 29 '16 at 0:52
Greg HGreg H
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Unfortunately, the dialog shown in the linked image provided by Greg H is not the dialog that opens when searching a PDF document in Firefox, if the Adobe Reader plugin for Firefox is installed. The FF Adobe plugin does not offer "highlight all". In Chrome (for which I don't have the Adobe Reader plugin installed) the native PDF viewer does not offer the "highlight all" option.
– Sean_999
Dec 6 '16 at 15:30
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The workaround I discovered is to use the redaction tool. Change your redaction property from black to yellow, then use the "Text Overlay" function to re-enter that same word on the redaction mark
answered Sep 22 '17 at 19:50
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Open the PDF using Firefox browser and click the "highlight all" button after you open the Find dialog.
Find Dialog
answered Feb 29 '16 at 0:52
Greg HGreg H
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Unfortunately, the dialog shown in the linked image provided by Greg H is not the dialog that opens when searching a PDF document in Firefox, if the Adobe Reader plugin for Firefox is installed. The FF Adobe plugin does not offer "highlight all". In Chrome (for which I don't have the Adobe Reader plugin installed) the native PDF viewer does not offer the "highlight all" option.
– Sean_999
Dec 6 '16 at 15:30
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Open the PDF using Firefox browser and click the "highlight all" button after you open the Find dialog.
Find Dialog
answered Feb 29 '16 at 0:52
Greg HGreg H
1213
Unfortunately, the dialog shown in the linked image provided by Greg H is not the dialog that opens when searching a PDF document in Firefox, if the Adobe Reader plugin for Firefox is installed. The FF Adobe plugin does not offer "highlight all". In Chrome (for which I don't have the Adobe Reader plugin installed) the native PDF viewer does not offer the "highlight all" option.
– Sean_999
Dec 6 '16 at 15:30
add a comment |
Open the PDF using Firefox browser and click the "highlight all" button after you open the Find dialog.
Find Dialog
answered Feb 29 '16 at 0:52
Greg HGreg H
1213
Open the PDF using Firefox browser and click the "highlight all" button after you open the Find dialog.
Find Dialog
answered Feb 29 '16 at 0:52
Greg HGreg H
1213
answered Feb 29 '16 at 0:52
Greg HGreg H
1213
answered Feb 29 '16 at 0:52
Greg HGreg H
1213
answered Feb 29 '16 at 0:52
Greg HGreg H
1213
1213
Unfortunately, the dialog shown in the linked image provided by Greg H is not the dialog that opens when searching a PDF document in Firefox, if the Adobe Reader plugin for Firefox is installed. The FF Adobe plugin does not offer "highlight all". In Chrome (for which I don't have the Adobe Reader plugin installed) the native PDF viewer does not offer the "highlight all" option.
– Sean_999
Dec 6 '16 at 15:30
add a comment |
Unfortunately, the dialog shown in the linked image provided by Greg H is not the dialog that opens when searching a PDF document in Firefox, if the Adobe Reader plugin for Firefox is installed. The FF Adobe plugin does not offer "highlight all". In Chrome (for which I don't have the Adobe Reader plugin installed) the native PDF viewer does not offer the "highlight all" option.
– Sean_999
Dec 6 '16 at 15:30
Unfortunately, the dialog shown in the linked image provided by Greg H is not the dialog that opens when searching a PDF document in Firefox, if the Adobe Reader plugin for Firefox is installed. The FF Adobe plugin does not offer "highlight all". In Chrome (for which I don't have the Adobe Reader plugin installed) the native PDF viewer does not offer the "highlight all" option.
– Sean_999
Dec 6 '16 at 15:30
Unfortunately, the dialog shown in the linked image provided by Greg H is not the dialog that opens when searching a PDF document in Firefox, if the Adobe Reader plugin for Firefox is installed. The FF Adobe plugin does not offer "highlight all". In Chrome (for which I don't have the Adobe Reader plugin installed) the native PDF viewer does not offer the "highlight all" option.
– Sean_999
Dec 6 '16 at 15:30
add a comment |
The workaround I discovered is to use the redaction tool. Change your redaction property from black to yellow, then use the "Text Overlay" function to re-enter that same word on the redaction mark
answered Sep 22 '17 at 19:50
BarbaraBarbara
1
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The workaround I discovered is to use the redaction tool. Change your redaction property from black to yellow, then use the "Text Overlay" function to re-enter that same word on the redaction mark
answered Sep 22 '17 at 19:50
BarbaraBarbara
1
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The workaround I discovered is to use the redaction tool. Change your redaction property from black to yellow, then use the "Text Overlay" function to re-enter that same word on the redaction mark
answered Sep 22 '17 at 19:50
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The workaround I discovered is to use the redaction tool. Change your redaction property from black to yellow, then use the "Text Overlay" function to re-enter that same word on the redaction mark
answered Sep 22 '17 at 19:50
BarbaraBarbara
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It had to be verified whether it does actually work in Acrobat Reader DC (or XI), but it is possible to parse the document page by page, and search for the according keyword, and create the highlight annotation, and save the document.
– Max Wyss
Jul 19 '15 at 20:14