Word has a nifty highlight feature that works like those highlighting markers you use to emphasize text on a printed page. To use it, just click the Highlight button; it's probably next to the Underline button unless you've moved it. (Don't have one? Go to Tools, Customize and click the Toolbars tab, then click on Tools in the Categories box. The button looks like a highlighting marker with a small yellow square beneath it; just drag it up to your toolbar.)

Word's default highlight color is yellow. If you'd rather use some other color, click on the down arrow at the right side of the highlight button to expand your color list. You can choose no color (None), green, cyan, magenta, blue, red, or dark blue (keep scrolling down the menu to see all the colors).

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2003-Dec-18 10:33am lamb@nmmi.edu