How do I export documents from Pages with highlighted text?

I am working on a text document on Pages and I have many sections highlighted. How can I export the document with the highlighted area in pdf? Every time I export simply as a pdf, the highlights disappear. Even when trying to export into a word document, they disappear. It seems like a simple thing to do but I can't figure out how to do this.

Does anybody have a trick to export a document while preserving the highlights?

Posted on Jul 9, 2021 9:36 AM

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Jul 9, 2021 11:56 AM in response to YO-H

You would need Pages v10 or later in order to export comments to a PDF. Highlights inserted from the Insert menu are not exported, and not really highlights as known in professional applications. If you want true highlighted text, you select the recipient word(s) and from the ⚙︎v (Advanced Options panel), select Text Background Color (as I have done below).


This exports to PDF.


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