
Highlight, underline and strike out text in a PDF using Preview on Mac
You can use the highlight, underline and strike through text tools to draw attention to text in a PDF. These marks are often used in conjunction with speech bubbles and notes.
Highlight, underline or strike though text
- Go to the Preview app  on your Mac. on your Mac.
- Open the PDF you want to change. 
- Do any of the following: - Quickly highlight, underline or strike through text: Select text, click  next to next to , then choose a highlight colour, underline or strikethrough. , then choose a highlight colour, underline or strikethrough.
- Use highlight mode: Click  (so it turns grey), click (so it turns grey), click next to next to , then choose a highlight colour, underline or strikethrough. Now, whenever you select some text, the highlighting style you chose is automatically applied to the text. , then choose a highlight colour, underline or strikethrough. Now, whenever you select some text, the highlighting style you chose is automatically applied to the text.- To turn off highlighting, click  again. again.
- Remove a highlight, an underline or a strike-through: Control-click the text, then choose Remove [item] from the shortcut menu. 
 
View all the highlights in a PDF
- Go to the Preview app  on your Mac. on your Mac.
- Open the PDF you want to change. 
- Choose View > Highlights and Notes (so Highlights and Notes has a tick next to it). Each section of highlighted text appears in the sidebar.