Launch the Microsoft Edge browser and then open a PDF file in it.
#HOW TO HIGHLIGHT PDF FILES HOW TO#
How to Highlight Text in PDF in Microsoft Edge But, if you are looking for a browser with a PDF text highlighting feature, then Microsoft Edge is definitely a better option to try. There are already some free PDF editor software available to do that. Microsoft Edge doesn’t come with PDF editing features like edit PDF text, add a text box, resize images, etc. The screenshot below shows an example of a PDF file that is highlighted with separate colors using the Microsoft Edge browser. This post will help you how you can highlight PDF files and save those highlighted PDFs using Microsoft Edge. When you are done with highlighting PDF document, you can save a separate copy of that PDF with all the highlighted text. The available colors are Pink, Light Blue, Green, and Yellow.
You can use four colors to highlight PDF text (including hyperlinks). Among all such options, one unique feature that you won’t find in other popular browsers like Firefox, Google Chrome, etc., is you can highlight text in PDF and save highlighted PDF in Microsoft Edge. You can draw on PDF with 30 different colors in freehand mode, use an eraser to remove what you drew, rotate PDF, zoom in and out, etc. Apart from viewing a PDF file, it provides some good tools to use while reading a PDF document. Besides many good features, Microsoft Edge is also a handy PDF reader.