How do I highlight PDFs in the new Microsoft Edge

Anonymous
2020-03-26T20:10:52+00:00

I just downloaded the new edition of edge and now when I open PDFs I do not see the option to highlight.  Does anyone know?

Microsoft Edge | Read PDFs | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-27T09:39:47+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums

    We understand your concern as you are unable to find the PDF text highlighter in New Edge chromium browser. We checked this feature, currently not available and we’re working on and that you can expect to see in the next few months. Please refer this article Features currently not available in the new Microsoft Edge

    However, I would recommend you to submit your feedback. Kindly follow the steps below to submit a feedback.

    1. Open Microsoft Edge.
    2. Now click on the Ellipses (…) on the right hand corner.
    3. Click on Help & Feedback and select Send Feedback

    Regards,

    Aditya Roy

    Microsoft Community – Moderator

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-01T08:26:40+00:00

    Hi,

    We would like to inform you that text highlighter feature for PDF files is introduced in Edge Chromium.

    In order to enable the feature, please perform these steps.

    1. Open Microsoft Edge.
    2. Type in address bar Edge://flags and press Enter key.
    3. Search for Enable Text Highlights for PDF flag. Change it to Enable.
    4. Restart Edge and open a PDF document in Edge.
    5. Select the text and right click to select Highlights. Choose the color that you prefer.

    Hope it helps.

    Aditya Roy

    Microsoft Community – Moderator

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-05-03T05:44:26+00:00

    Is there a way to erase a highlight?

    just right-click the highlighted text, don't need to drag and select the highlighted text, click on highlight and select "none" in colour list.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-05-18T16:30:28+00:00

    Is there a way to check all my highlighted text without scrolling to the pages?

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