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DOC: Correct the example of adding highlight annotation #2341

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Expand Up @@ -317,16 +317,21 @@ you can use the {py:class}`Highlight <pypdf.annotations.Highlight>`:
```python
from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter
from pypdf.annotations import Highlight
from pypdf.generic import ArrayObject, FloatObject

pdf_path = os.path.join(RESOURCE_ROOT, "crazyones.pdf")
reader = PdfReader(pdf_path)
page = reader.pages[0]
writer = PdfWriter()
writer.add_page(page)

rect = (50, 550, 200, 650)
quad_points = [rect[0], rect[1], rect[2], rect[1], rect[0], rect[3], rect[2], rect[3]]

# Add the highlight
annotation = Highlight(
vertices=[(50, 550), (200, 650), (70, 750), (50, 700)],
rect=rect,
quad_points=ArrayObject([FloatObject(quad_point) for quad_point in quad_points]),
)
writer.add_annotation(page_number=0, annotation=annotation)

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