How do I highlight text in a document?

Highlight text by using the easy-to-use highlight tool or the text tool.

Highlight tool

Method One: 

1. Select the Highlight option on the toolbar.
   
   
2. Select your desired color from the drop-down icon
   
   
   
3. Drag your cursor along the text you want to highlight.
   
   

Method Two: 

1. Click the Select option on the toolbar

2. Drag the cursor over your selected text, and select either the Copy, Highlight, Underline, Squiggly, or Strikeout option. 

Underline tool

Method One: 

1. Select the Underline dropdown option on the toolbar.
   
2. Select the text option you want:
   • Underline 
   • Squiggly underline
   • Strike-through
     
     

Method Two: 

1. Click the Select option on the toolbar

2. Drag the cursor over your selected text, and select either the Copy, Highlight, Underline, Squiggly, or Strikeout option. 

Edit your highlight

1. Click on your highlight. It becomes highlighted by a dotted line, and a toolbar appears.
   
2. Drag the dots to increase or decrease the size of the highlight.
3. Use the toolbar to comment, change the style, or delete the highlight.  

Note: you can easily view, navigate to, and comment on all highlighted sections added to a document by opening the Panel and selecting the Notes section.

• Click inside a listed highlight in the Panel to add a reply note to the highlight.
• Click inside a listed highlight in the Panel, then click the three dots that appear on the right to Edit (add a comment) or Delete it. (Deleting it in the panel will also delete it from the document.)

Tip: You can select the Highlight and other text tools using keyboard shortcuts

Squiggly	'G'
Strikeout	'K'
Highlight	'H'