Highlighty blog: setup guides, feature updates, and workflows

How Law Firms Use Highlighty for Contract Review and Discovery

June 27, 2026

Locate chosen names and defined terms in contracts and PDFs with Highlighty. Search and English OCR run on your device; read each match in context.

Search Scanned Documents Right in Your Browser (No Upload)

June 23, 2026

A scanned PDF is just images of pages, so normal find returns nothing. Highlighty's on-device English OCR makes scans searchable in your browser — with multi-keyword colors, scrollbar markers, and X-Ray, and no upload.

Your Confidential Documents Never Leave Your Computer

June 16, 2026

Many online "search this PDF" tools upload your file to a server. Highlighty doesn't — PDF search, highlighting, and OCR all run in your browser, so privileged and confidential documents stay on your machine.

Ctrl+F Not Working in Chrome? Common Causes and Fixes

June 9, 2026

Ctrl+F can't find a word you can plainly see? Here are the real reasons native find fails in Chrome — loading, focus traps, accents, hidden sections, PDFs — with fixes, and where Highlighty's bar goes further.

Find Every Mention of a Word Across All Your Open Tabs

May 26, 2026

"Which tab was that in?" Native Ctrl+F only searches the tab you're on. Highlighty's cross-tab find checks every open tab at once, shows per-tab match counts, and never leaves your browser.

Search and Highlight Scanned English PDFs in Chrome (No Upload)

May 13, 2026

Open a scanned English PDF and search it like normal. Highlighty reads image-only pages right on your device — no upload, no third-party service, no waiting. English only in this first release.

A Better Ctrl+F for Chrome: Search Across Tabs and Forgive Typos

May 10, 2026

Native Ctrl+F can't search your other tabs, forgive a typo, or use advanced patterns. Highlighty's search bar can. Single press opens it; double press falls back.

How to Search a Long PDF Without Adobe Acrobat

April 19, 2026

You don't need a paid desktop app to search a big PDF. Open it in Highlighty's browser PDF viewer for multi-keyword search, colored matches, scrollbar markers, and on-device OCR for scanned files.

How to Search Multiple Keywords in a PDF in Chrome

April 5, 2026

Search multiple terms in a PDF in Chrome. See how Highlighty opens local or remote PDFs, highlights each term, and searches scanned English pages with on-device OCR.

Set Up Highlighty for Your Workflow: Whitelists, Colors, and Hotkeys

February 10, 2026

A practical walk-through of the Highlighty settings worth configuring once — where it runs, how highlights look, which keys do what, plus the X-Ray panel, scrollbar markers, and PRO sync.

What Highlighty Can't Do (and Why We Tell You)

December 16, 2025

Most software pages list what a tool can do. This one is about the limits: cross-origin iframes, custom widgets, big-page performance, English-only OCR, and Beta form-field highlighting — each with the real reason behind it. Naming the edges is part of being trustworthy.

Why Isn't Highlighty Highlighting? A Troubleshooting Guide

November 4, 2025

Highlighty installed but nothing lights up? Work through this ordered checklist — from the tab you forgot to refresh to iframes no extension can read — and find the cause in a minute.

How We Built Highlighty So We Can't See Your Searches

September 23, 2025

Most privacy promises are policies you have to trust. Highlighty's rests on architecture instead: local-first storage, native highlighting, on-device OCR, Manifest V3, and cross-tab search that never leaves the browser. Privacy by construction, not by promise.

A Plain-English Guide to Every Permission Highlighty Asks For

August 12, 2025

The browser warns that Highlighty can "read and change all your data on the websites you visit." Here's every permission in plain English — what each is for, and just as importantly, what it does not let the extension do.

Free Forever, Ad-Free, No Telemetry: How Highlighty Actually Makes Money

July 1, 2025

"If it's free, you're the product" is a healthy instinct — so here's the plain answer. Highlighty is free and ad-free with no tracking, and the whole business is one optional PRO upgrade. No ads, no data sale, no surprise.

Is Highlighty Safe? Exactly What It Can See, and What It Never Sends

May 20, 2025

"Read and change all your data on the websites you visit" sounds alarming on any extension. Here is exactly what that permission lets Highlighty do, what stays on your device, and the little that ever reaches our servers.

Enhancing Accessibility: New Text Decoration Options for Visually Impaired Users

May 10, 2025

Discover Highlighty's new text decoration options designed for visually impaired users. With underline, overline, strikethrough, and border options, we're making web content more accessible to everyone, including those with color blindness or reading difficulties.

Introducing Scrollbar Markers: Navigate Highlighted Content with Ease

May 2, 2025

Discover Highlighty's new Scrollbar Markers feature that transforms how you navigate highlighted content. These interactive visual indicators on your scrollbar show exactly where highlights appear, making research and reading more efficient.

Build a Keyword List Once, Use It on Every Page (Excel Import)

April 8, 2025

Save a named keyword list, give each term its own color, and have them all highlight at once on every page — plus how to bulk-import a whole list from an Excel or Google Sheets file.

Highlighty Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

February 25, 2025

A clean, evergreen reference to every Highlighty keyboard shortcut — opening the search bar, quick-disabling a page, highlighting a selection, and moving through matches — plus where each toggle lives.

Getting Started with Highlighty: Your First Five Minutes

January 21, 2025

Install Highlighty and get to your first multi-word search, your first saved keyword list, and a workflow you'll reuse every day — in about five minutes, no account required.

How Job Seekers Can Use Highlighty for Finer Results

December 21, 2024

Streamline your job search with Highlighty. This multi highlighter tool helps you pinpoint essential keywords in job descriptions, application instructions, and company research, saving time and ensuring you never miss important details.

How Coders Use Highlighty for Faster Development

September 10, 2024

Boost your coding efficiency with Highlighty. From searching logs and repositories to scanning Stack Overflow, this highlighter helps coders find errors, clean up debug code, and track TODOs across platforms like GitHub and cloud providers.

How Recruiters Use Highlighty for Candidate Search

August 28, 2024

Use Highlighty to locate chosen skills and credentials on candidate pages and CV PDFs, then read each match in context. A practical guide for recruiters.

How to Use Highlighty for Efficient Shopping

August 20, 2024

Discover how Highlighty enhances your shopping experience by highlighting details, reviews, and discounts across platforms like Amazon, eBay, and Walmart. Make faster comparisons and smarter decisions with this browser tool.

Feature Introduction: Manual Search Mode

August 15, 2024

Unlock the full potential of Highlighty with Manual Search Mode! This user-driven feature lets you control when searches are performed, enhancing your browsing experience. Learn how to activate and use it on Brave Browser. Explore how Highlighty adapts to your workflow.

How to Add Highlighty to Brave Browser

April 22, 2024

Follow this short Brave setup guide to install Highlighty and start highlighting and navigating matching text on webpages.

How to Add Highlighty to Opera Browser

April 21, 2024

Follow this Opera setup guide to install Highlighty, enable the required permissions, and start highlighting matches on webpages.

How to Add Highlighty to Microsoft Edge

April 21, 2024

Watch the step-by-step Microsoft Edge setup for Highlighty and start finding and highlighting text faster on webpages.

How to Add Highlighty to Mozilla Firefox

April 21, 2024

Follow this Firefox installation guide for Highlighty and enable the permissions needed to highlight text across supported webpages.

Introducing Adaptive Text Color: Inspired by user suggestions

February 26, 2024

Experience Highlighty's newest innovation: Adaptive Text Color! Crafted from user feedback, it optimizes readability by adjusting text color. Revolutionize your text highlighting. Discover how Highlighty evolves to meet your needs.

Your Ultimate Web Text Finder and Highlighter

February 7, 2024

Your go-to tool for seamless text searching and highlighting online! Perfect for students, professionals, or anyone exploring web content. Simplify your life and boost productivity with Highlighty today!