Highlight Tool without comments?

Is there anyway to simply highlight text without adding a popup comment box with Adobe Reader 9? I tried looking online to no avail, and I tried other Comment and Markup Tools, but they all have the popup. If I have no choice, I guess I can live with it, but I don't really have a use for the comments box and I feel like the document would look cleaner without them. Any and all help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

Try playing around with the settings under Edit - Preferences - Commenting
I think it's the one called "Create new pop-ups aligned to the edge of the document", but it might be something else on that page.

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