Highlight words in Document Viewer

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I am currently using Ubuntu 15.10. I need to highlight some sentences and/or paragraphs for easy searching but I can't find any option for this in the "Document Viewer" which is the default application for pdf files.

i prefer foxit it's simple to use and if you install on windows mac or any mobile keep the highlighting and attachments — Mohamed Slama, Jun 27 '16 at 06:19
Re "Possible duplicate" reports - The landscape of programs might've changed a lot in the intervening 6 years since those threads, or I hope it has... so I think it's valid to reevaluate the question. — underscore_d, Jun 27 '16 at 10:51
@underscore_d offer a bounty on it. It's a standard bounty reason: "The current answer(s) are out-of-date and require revision …" — muru, Jun 27 '16 at 10:53
@muru Fair point, I didn't know about that, and using that to update an existing question would be tidier than having a new one every N years :-) — underscore_d, Jun 27 '16 at 10:54
@underscore_d I updated my "Document Viewer" answer to How can I highlight or annotate PDFs? 6 weeks ago. — karel, Mar 15 '17 at 04:49
Ctrl + H: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/437335/evince-keyboard-shortcut-to-highlight-text — wolfram77, Sep 08 '20 at 07:40

score 47 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '17 at 19:03

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Document Viewer DOES actually support annotations and highlightings in PDF files (not in other formats). Just click on that notebook like button and you'll be able to annotate and highlight text.

answered Aug 21 '17 at 19:03

Fran Marzoa

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You will be able to highlight but not delete the highlights :( – GStav Nov 24 '17 at 13:55
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@GStav You can right click on the highlighted text and select Remove annotation. You can also right click and select Annotation properties and change colour etc. – consuela Jan 29 '18 at 13:43
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THIS MUST BE MOST UPVOTED ANSWER – geogeek Dec 12 '18 at 09:51
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Does anyone knows the keyboard shortcut for this? – NVS Abhilash Dec 13 '18 at 01:09
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@NVSAbhilash I read somewhere that the key bindings are s for sticky notes and Ctrl+h (or at least will be in a future release). – balu May 13 '19 at 08:21
short and simple. Thanks – Catbuilts Aug 26 '19 at 03:02

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '16 at 23:34

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Try Mendeley (https://www.mendeley.com/)! It does the work like a charm!

In fact, Mendeley is more than a PDF-reader. You can use it to organize your docs and references.

answered Dec 17 '16 at 23:34

thicolares

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Document Viewer doesn't support highlighting install another application such as FoxIt Reader. I prefer foxit because it's simple to use and if you install on Windows, Mac or mobile keep the highlighting and attachments.

To install foxit reader :

Open Foxit website.
Click "Free download" and it will detect operating system then click "Download".
Extract the file you downloaded.
Double click the .run file and install.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 12 '19 at 10:32

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You Can also use the WPS it's great tool for pdf reader and supports highlighting function in pdf files. https://www.wps.com/linux

answered Dec 12 '19 at 10:32

gaurav

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neferpitou · Answer 5 · 2023-05-15T22:07:49.893

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In the default document viewer that comes with Ubuntu, you can use ctrl+H to highlight the text.

edited May 15 '23 at 22:07

answered May 15 '23 at 21:52

neferpitou

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 18 '24 at 15:03

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In the hamburger menu in the top right there is a "keyboard shortcuts" menu which shows ctrl+h as shortcut to highlight

answered Mar 18 '24 at 15:03

lesolorzanov

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Highlight words in Document Viewer

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