# Change xfdf object result into text highlight annotation on document load
**URL:** https://pdfjs.community/t/change-xfdf-object-result-into-text-highlight-annotation-on-document-load/846
**Category:** Technical Support
**Created:** [June 24, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/change-xfdf-object-result-into-text-highlight-annotation-on-document-load/846 "2021-06-24T11:23:20Z")
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### Author:  [@chats2790](https://pdfjs.community/u/chats2790)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/change-xfdf-object-result-into-text-highlight-annotation-on-document-load/846/1 "2021-06-24T11:23:20Z")
**PDF.js Express Version**
7.3.3
**Detailed description of issue**
Is there a way to convert resulting xfdf object into text highlights. My problem statement is to fetch xfdf object from server and by default convert them into highlightAnnotation on document loading.
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**Does your issue happen with every document, or just one?**
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**Link to document**
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### Author:  [@system](https://pdfjs.community/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/change-xfdf-object-result-into-text-highlight-annotation-on-document-load/846/2 "2021-06-24T11:23:26Z")
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While you wait for one of our customer support representatives to get back to you, please check out some of these documentation pages:
Guides:
- [Saving a document with annotations](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/basic-operations/save-document/save-with-annotations)
- [Creating custom annotations for your viewer - Saving the custom annotation](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/annotation/custom-annotations#saving-the-custom-annotation)
- [Best practices for PDF.js Express - Store annotations](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/learn-more/best-practices#store-annotations)
APIs:
- [CoreControls.DocumentViewer - setDocumentXFDFRetriever(retriever)](https://pdfjs.express/api/CoreControls.DocumentViewer.html#setDocumentXFDFRetriever__anchor)
- [ExternalAnnotationMerger - getTransformFunction()](https://pdfjs.express/api/ExternalAnnotationMerger.html#getTransformFunction__anchor)
- [CoreControls.Document - extractXFDF(pages)](https://pdfjs.express/api/CoreControls.Document.html#extractXFDF__anchor)
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- [PDFJS Express WebViewer - Annotations](https://pdfjs.community/t/pdfjs-express-webviewer-annotations/49/2)
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### Author:  [@Logan](https://pdfjs.community/u/Logan)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/change-xfdf-object-result-into-text-highlight-annotation-on-document-load/846/3 "2021-06-25T15:15:00Z")
Hi there!
Yes, this should definitely be possible. Can you send me an example of what your XFDF from the server looks like? Where are you getting this XFDF?