Start Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional and open a PDF from your files that contains text that you want to highlight so it will be flagged as needing attention.
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Choose the “Highlight Text Tool” from the “Comment & Markup” toolbar. The button is the fourth button from the left and is depicted by a picture of a yellow highlighter and sheet of paper. Once you click this button your cursor will turn into an “I” beam inside of a box.
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Click and drag over the text that you want to apply a highlight using the Highlight Text tool.
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Release the mouse when you are finished making the selection. A yellow highlight will be applied to that text you have just selected.
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Continue to highlight any text that you would like to flag for attention using the Highlight Text tool.
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Click the “Select Tool” from the “Select & Zoom” toolbar when you are finished working with the Highlight Text tool.