Need a PDF editor that will let me highlight text

Question

I've looked in the Software Centre but no mention of highlight features for the various PDF edit software.

I've installed adobe reader 9 but it doesn't seem to have the option.

Does anyone know of a PDF editor/reader that will let me highlight?

I'm running Ubuntu 13.04

You're certain that it's not just that one PDF that isn't highlightable, right? Not every PDF document is able to be used in a "highlight" feature. — Thomas Ward, Sep 12 '13 at 06:33

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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Okular supports PDF annotations.

For more see here

Or

Using wine you can use Foxit reader as explained here. Foxit runs pretty well using wine in Ubuntu

UPDATE 2

Foxit has released a linux version. So no more wine required. Foxit has a good support for annotation.

UPDATE You can also use qpdfview which provides highlighting and annotation support.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Sep 12 '13 at 08:04

Stormvirux

Okular worked great – lv10 Jun 29 '15 at 17:51
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Foxit is available for linux now. It handles annotations and highlighting pretty well. https://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/ – gautamprajapati May 01 '16 at 04:43
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@brainbreaker Thanks for the info. Updated the answer. – Stormvirux May 02 '16 at 06:30