Highlight without comments in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

How to highlight text in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC without adding any comment? I have tried many was but couldn't figure out anything.

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There is a highlight icon in Acrobat Pro DC. You can highlight whatever text with your mouse and then select the highlight icon.

This will highlight the text and not leave a comment.

I made a test PDF document to illustrate this.

I finally figured it out. You need to uncheck this option

Copy selected text into highlights