Overview
Import Highlights from CSV reads a CSV file and creates a highlight annotation on this PDF for each row. It is the other half of Export Highlights to CSV: highlights can be exported from one document, edited or reviewed in a spreadsheet, and applied to another.
How to use
- Open the PDF the highlights should be applied to.
- Go to Plug-Ins > Highlights > Import Highlights from CSV.
- Choose the CSV file and click Open.
- A message reports how many highlights were created.
What the CSV must contain
The first line is a header row naming the columns. Three columns are required; any others are ignored, so a file produced by Export Highlights to CSV can be imported unchanged.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Page | The 1-based page number. Rows naming a page this document does not have are skipped. |
| Text | The highlighted text. Carried for reference. |
| Rect | The rectangle to highlight, as four numbers — left, top, right, bottom in PDF points — separated by semicolons or tabs. |
Column names are matched without regard to case. Comma-separated and tab-separated files are both accepted, and a UTF-8 byte order mark at the start of the file is ignored.
Warning
A row whose page number or rectangle cannot be read is skipped silently, so a lower count than expected means some rows were malformed. Check that the Rect column still holds four numbers if the file has been through a spreadsheet.