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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.

RD017
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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.

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Fran Marzoa
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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.

thicolares
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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 :

  1. Open Foxit website.
  2. Click "Free download" and it will detect operating system then click "Download". enter image description here
  3. Extract the file you downloaded.
  4. Double click the .run file and install.enter image description here
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Mohamed Slama
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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

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

neferpitou
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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

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lesolorzanov
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