Preview not showing text under highlights

When I use Preview to open a pdf that has been highlighted by another (Windows) pdf application, the underlying text is visible only to the extent determined by the opacity setting of the other application (100% opacity totally hides the text). [Note that I used another application, PDFelements in this case, to see opacity level.] Is there a way to set Preview so that the underlying text is brought to the foreground, making it visible?