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New PDF Comment 4: Highlight Tool
 (See Example PDF and Example PDFill Project File  )

PDF Comment's Highlight Tool can highlight sections of PDF document with Notes. This highlighting feature helps organize notes and makes it easier to find important information inside a lengthy PDF document. You can change the look of PDF Highlight (shape, printable, color, opacity, border color and style and so on). When opened, they display a pop-up window containing the text of the associated note to explain each highlight in more detail.

PDF Comment's Highlight Tool is similar to PDF Filler's Highlight function and PDF Ink's Highlighter function. This Highlight Tool creates comment with Note.

1. Steps on how to create a PDF comment using Highlight Tool:

• Choose Comment Menu > Highlight Tool

or click the Highlight Tool button in the Comment Toolbar

• Hold Left mouse button to create an area of the required size
• The new commenting properties dialog comes up to set options
• Click "Hide Highlight Property Dialog" if you don't want to this properties dialog to show again

2. Access the properties:

• Click the Selection button first.
• Click inside the area to highlight it and click Properties Button
• Or, click the edge shadow and double-click again
• Or, Key F4

3. Set the properties:

Here is the list of the properties.

Text String	the content text string to be displayed for the annotation.
Spell Checker	Verify the spelling of words in the text string box.
Author	The author of the annotation.
Subject	Text representing a short description of the subject being addressed by the annotation.
Style	Rectangle, Oval, Round, Cross-Out, Underline, Squiggly
Printable on PDF	If clear, it will display and not print onto the page; If set, it will display and print onto the page.
Opacity	The constant opacity value to be used in painting the annotation. This value applies to all visible elements of the annotation in its closed state (including its background and border) but not to the popup window that appears when the annotation is opened. The opacity vary from 0.0 (no contribution) to 1.0 (maximum contribution).
Hide Highlight Property Dialog	If checked, this property dialog will be hidden
Highlight Color	The default color for Highlight is Yellow
Show Border and Border Width	Flag to show Border and the line thickness of the border
Border Color	The color for the border
Position (Left, Right, Top, Bottom)	The X and Y coordinate of the box to define the position of the field
Blend Mode	The default for Highlight is Multiply Mode
Set this field as default	If set, the new object will have the same properties as this one

4. Screenshot:

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