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How to highlight PDF text on Android with MJ PDF

Highlighting turns a long PDF into something you can revisit quickly. In MJ PDF 3.1.0 you select text, pick a color from the bar that appears, and your highlights stay with the document. You can list them later from the reader menu.

Step by step

  1. Open a PDFOpen any PDF from the Recent, Library or Folders tab.
  2. Select textLong-press a word and drag the selection handles over the passage you want to mark.
  3. Choose a colorA bar appears with a row of highlight colors. Tap one to apply it to the selection.
  4. Use the quick actionsThe same bar offers copy, share, web search, add note and translate, so you can act on the selection without leaving the page.
  5. Review your highlightsOpen the reader menu and choose My Highlights to see everything you have marked.
MJ PDF 3.1.0 showing selected text and several highlight colors on a PDF page, with a color and action bar

Tips

  • Use one color per purpose, for example yellow for key ideas and blue for definitions.
  • Combine highlights with notes for passages you want to revisit.
  • Use Share Quote to turn a highlighted passage into an image.

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