Highlighting Text
One of the handiest tools for reviewing a paper document is a
highlighter. Need I say more? Microsoft Word now includes
this handy tool in digital form with the result being that you can
highlight any text or graphic in a number of different colors.
Of
course, highlighting parts of a document works best when the
person you are collaborating with reviews the document online! If
you highlight parts of a document that you are going to print on a
black-and-white printer, run a test print of the highlighted text
to ensure that it is legible.
To Highlight Text
- click the Highlight button
on
the Formatting toolbar
- the currently selected highlight color will be displayed
as a colored line on the button, in this case the selected
color is yellow
- to use a different color, click instead on the triangle
portion of the button to display the color palette;
selecting a different color also will activate
highlighting
- the mouse pointer changes to a highlight marker pen (in Windows,
regardless of the color selected, the mouse pointer will
display a yellow line; in Macintosh, no colored line is displayed with the
mouse pointer marker pen)
- drag over the text to be highlighted
- to “unhighlight” text, drag over it again
using the same color
- to change highlighted text to a different highlight
color, change to a different highlight color and drag the
text again
- the highlight feature remains activated to allow you to
highlight more text
- to turn highlighting off click the Highlight button
again or press <Esc>
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last updated
August 12, 2003