Highlight Text In PDF (Free)

Highlight your PDF document with SignHouse. Online, free app that highlights text in your PDF document without having to sign up.
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How to highlight text in a PDF

You can highlight text in a PDF online with SignHouse: Upload your document, select text to highlight, and click on the highlight icon that comes up. Then, add colour above the text and save changes.

Highlight the text in a PDF with your favourite colours following these steps: Upload the PDF in our system, select the text to highlight and apply the colour on top of it. Then, wait a couple of second for our system to work its magic, and you can freely download the PDF with highlighted text.

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1. Upload your PDF

Drag & Drop the document in which you want to highlight any text.

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2. Colour it

Select the text you want to highlight and apply the changes.

3. Download the file

You can now download your PDF with highlighted text: it's free, with no gimmicks.

Highlight text in a PDF for free — no limits!

Never forget the most relevant sections of a PDF again. With our PDF text highlighter, you can select any text within a file and add a colour on top of it forever. Our tool will help you highlight text once and for all, as once you hit the 'Apply Changes' button, your highlights remain there and they never go away — unless you want to remove them. In just three simple steps (upload, highlight, save) you can easily colour text within your PDFs.

How to highlight text in a PDF

Zero limits

With SignHouse's PDF highlighter, you can give life to any text within the document. We're not going to set a awkward daily usage limit for how much you can use our software so you can enjoy unlimited highlighting.

Price: $0

This tool is 100% free. You won't have to pay a single dollar in order to get access to and use our software. Highlighting text in a PDF should be free for anybody, and we're doing our best to make this tool accessible.

Download no app

Besides saving money, you also get to save some space in your device's memory disk. At SignHouse, we're helping people highlight text in a PDF only using their browser — there's no app to install here!

Time saver

SignHouse's PDF text highlighter runs smooth and quick. No need to wait for a clunky PDF highlighter, as ours is going to help you earn more time rather than waste any of it. Why not see for yourself?

Why highlight a PDF with us?

Highlight the most relevant sections of your PDF with SignHouse because it is 100% accessible. Our software is made to run on any of the most popular devices. May that be a desktop or a mobile device, be assured that SignHouse can help you highlight a PDF's text for free.

Platform-Friendly

At SignHouse, we're all about accessibility. That is why our software is 100% free and it is made to run on any phone, tablet, desktop computer or laptop. Highlight text in a PDF using your favourite device.

Private files

Editing and highlighting a PDF's text is as private as possible. We care about our personal data as much as you care about yours, so be assured that we take privacy seriously. All of your data remains safe here.

Easy to use

Mark a PDF's text in just three simple steps. Our software is uncomplicated, and it is made to help you save time by just uploading, highlighting, and saving. You won't have to learn a new complicated skill.

Live help

Need any assistance with our PDF highlighter? Chat with us by clicking the bubble in the bottom-right corner of this page. You'll then get in touch with our support team that's happy to help you.

What they say about us

No-brainer pricing for a small business - or even big business, I reckon : - )

Tried the product. Worked like a charm. Never had any problem + the clean UI got us. Wish there would be more features, but I believe in the team behind.
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Harsh G.
Founder, CEO
SignHouse has been nothing short of convenient, efficient and fast. Oh and top notch customer support too...

Couldn't ask for more!
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Julie M.
Executive Administrative Assistant
SignHouse has made a big difference in the workflow of my business. Sure there are other, more mature e-signing platforms out there, but they are all convoluted and too focused on big, enterprise companies. It feels like SignHouse is on our side.
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Michael B.
Photography Consultant
Getting documents to parents is significantly simpler now. However, even more importantly, parents aren't getting lost in the signing process anymore. 👍
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Sandy T
Teacher
SignHouse was AMAZING for what we needed. "Do one thing and do it well" - they've nailed that, as everyone is very happy with the product here.

Looking forward to seeing how the product develops, as the team is super ambitious.
Kate Gross
Manager at Fixthephoto.com
"Simpler, yet does the job better than most of the clunky eSignature software out there"
"SignHouse cut down on our signing processes by at least 50% - and we were using eSignature software before as well"
"I just never thought signing documents can ever become a pleasurable experience"

Frequently asked questions

Are your electronic signatures legal?

Our signatures are 100% legally binding, as SignHouse is built around US and International Laws concerning digital signatures. SignHouse eSignatures are on par with paper signatures, from a legal point of view!

Signing papers digitally started being equal to physical, handwritten signatures in the U.S. eSignature Act of 2000 (U.S. Federal Act) + the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act (UETA). As a consequence, laws in other countries have followed suit. SignHouse is built around these laws.

Are you adding an actual eSignature or just an image?

All signatures are a real, eSignature that is 100% legally binding.

We save important, relevant data (that can be used legally in all types of situations, including in courts) such as identifiable details of a person, IP addresses, etc, just so our electronic signatures can be as valid as digital signatures can get.

What about privacy and security?

SignHouse's signatures are secure for all kinds of businesses and companies. All our signatures happen on a secure, SSL-connected domain. Documents are not made public and unique keys are generated through SignHouse so that privacy and security are at the foundation of the documents on our platform.

How do my signees get to sign with SignHouse?

We've streamlined the signing process so that your signees can sign your documents with no hurdles at all — and with the smallest amount of steps required. It can take as little as 30 seconds! 

How do you compare to ______?

We have a generous free plan, so we highly encourage you to make the comparison yourself! It costs you nothing - and no hard feelings if you don't want to go with us.

We would really love to know what made you go with us or somebody else! If you could take a moment to write to us about that, we'd highly appreciate it.

What if I have more questions?

Then we're standing by to help. Contact us, and we'll do our best to help 🤗

What's different about SignHouse?

Free
SignHouse is completely free to start. Just upload a doc and start signing in a few minutes!
Mobile-first
What’s your cost of losing doc signatures just because signing didn't work on mobile? We fix that.
Optimized for 0 headache
SignHouse was made to simplify the eSigning. Long gone are the days of clunky solutions.
Trackable documents
Documents signed with SignHouse come with simple analytics that just don’t give you a headache.
It Just Works™
Big, old software is buggy, clunky and slow. Built with simplicity in mind, we make signing a breeze.
Fast
Fast to use, fast to load. The SignHouse experience will be snappy for you and your signers.