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Summary
Learn how to remove text highlighting or underlining in PDF documents, making it easier for users to identify important information effectively.



I. How to remove highlight or underline in PDF?

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When you highlight or underline the text content in the PDF file, but find that the wrong content is selected, then you need to use a special PDF file editing tool to undo the operation.

1. Use Adobe Acrobat to remove highlight or underline in PDF

Let’s take a look at how to use Adobe Acrobat software to remove highlight or underline in PDF.
The steps are as follows:
Step 1: Download and install Adobe Acrobat software, then open it. Go to “File” – “Open” in the top menu bar and import the highlighted PDF files that need to be deleted.
Adobe Acrobat
Step 2: After the file is opened, find and select the “View” – “Toolbar” – “Comment and Markup” option in the top menu bar.
Step 3: A "Comment and Mark" toolbar will appear on the interface. Click the highlight button, drag the mouse to select the position to be deleted, and then click “Delete” or right-click and select “Delete”. After completing the operation, go to “File”“Save As” to save the file again.
Adobe Acrobat

2. Use PDFelement software to remove highlight or underline in PDF

It is also very simple to use PDFelement software to remove highlighting or underlining in PDF files. The specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Open PDFelement, click “Open File” in the lower left corner, and import the PDF file to highlight or underline.
PDFelement
Step 2: Open the file, locate the “Comment” column in the top menu bar, highlight the content, and delete it using the right mouse button or the Delete key on the keyboard.
PDFelement
Those are the two ways you can remove highlighting or underlining. PDF has almost become the first choice for all format files, so choosing a PDF tool with various functions can better deal with problems that may be encountered in the future, such as PDF file editing, format conversion etc. The editor recommends a professional PDF editing and format conversion tool – Renee PDF Aide, which can meet your regular needs for PDF files. Let’s learn about this software and its usage steps together.

II. How to use Renee PDF Aide to edit PDF or convert formats?

1. What is Renee PDF Aide?

Renee PDF Aide is a multifunctional tool software that integrates PDF file editing and format conversion. The software features advanced OCR technology to convert scanned PDF files into common formats such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Image, HTML, and TXT at a speed of up to 80 pages per minute. It offers various functions including repairing damaged files, optimizing loading time, splitting multi-page files, combining specified pages, adjusting display angles, encrypting/decrypting files, and adding watermarks.
Renee PDF Aide supports conversion of English/French/German/Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Chinese/Korean/Japanese and other multi-language texts. Selecting the recognition language in OCR mode improves accuracy and efficiency, making it easy for computer beginners to use.
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2. How to use Renee PDF Aide?

Renee PDF Aide has two functions: basic editing operations on PDF files and converting PDF format files into other commonly used formats.
How to use the editing function of Renee PDF Aide?
Step 1: Download and install Renee PDF Aide, then open the software. Click the “PDF Tools” option.
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Step 2: Use the function menu bar to select various editing options for PDF files, including repair, optimization, split, merge, rotate, encrypt/decrypt, watermark, and convert image to PDF. Edit multiple files simultaneously for convenience and speed. Import PDF files for editing by clicking on the "Add File" button in Renee PDF Aide.
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PDF Tools function:

  • Repair: Repair damaged or unopenable PDF files.
  • Optimize: Optimize PDF files that take a long time to load, and compress large file PDFs.
  • Split: Split multi-page PDF files into multiple files or one as required.
  • Merge: Merge and output multiple PDFs into one PDF, and you can also specify the pages to be merged.
  • Rotate: Adjust the display angle of PDF files.
  • Encrypt/Decrypt: PDF can be encrypted, locked and decrypted.
  • Watermark: Add foreground watermark/background watermark to PDF file, watermark can choose picture or PDF document.
  • Image to PDF: Convert multiple or single images into one or more PDF files.
Step 3: Click the "Convert" button after completing the editing settings to quickly export the edited PDF file to the preset location.
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After understanding the editing function, let’s learn about the format conversion function of Renee PDF Aide.
How to use the format conversion function of Renee PDF Aide?
Using Renee PDF Aide, you can convert PDF format files into Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Image/HTML/TXT and other common format files.
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Quick Edit/convert dozens of PDF files in batch

Compatible Convert PDF to Excel/PowerPoint/Text, etc.

Easy Use with simple steps

Functional Encrypt/decrypt/split/merge/watermark

Safe Protect PDF with AES256 algorithms

Free TrialFree TrialNow 800 people have obtained the free version!
Step 1: Download, install Renee PDF Aide, and run the software. Select the “Convert PDF” option.
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Step 2: Upon accessing the format conversion page, select the desired format for PDF file conversion (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Image, HTML, TXT). Import the file into Renee PDF Aide using the “Add File” button. Optionally enable OCR for enhanced character recognition accuracy.
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tips Instructions for enabling ORC technology:

In Renee PDF Aide, enabling OCR technology includes two functions. Right now

A. Recognize text in pictures or PDF scans. This option is suitable for PDF files or PDF scans generated by converting images, and the accuracy of text recognition can be further improved with the help of OCR technology.

B. Identify built-in fonts (to avoid garbled characters). This option is applicable to the situation where there are built-in fonts in the PDF source file, so as to avoid garbled characters after the format conversion is completed.

Step 3: Once the setting is done, click the "Convert" button to start converting the PDF file to other common format files. This process is convenient and quick. If you select an editable file format, you can edit the document’s content.
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