#HOW TO GET MORE HIGHLIGHT COLORS IN WORD 2016 WINDOWS#

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For the most current comments scroll to the bottom of the page. Hi, Is there any way to change the highlight color Id like some color to get structure in academic papers. If you wish to change the color for 'selected text', press the Start Button and type 'Windows colors and metrics' (without the ' ' marks). This post on making a text highlighter was originally published January 3, 2007. Anyway, once you have some text selected and the Custom Underline dialog box open, you can give the text a thick, yellow (or any color) underline. We are refreshing our oldest and most popular posts with updated information and screenshots. Now here’s the important part: After you make one of these, save it as a character style! (Just Option/Alt-click on the New Character Style button in the Character Styles panel, then give it a name and click OK.) As long as the character style attributes are set to only apply this custom underline effect, you’ll never have to go through the trouble of making one again - just copy that character style from this document to wherever else you need it. Here’s a sample of this highlighting effect (before and after): Try using black as your highlight color to create a redacted look or set the line type to dots and fill the gap with the same color to create rounded ends. Then adjust the Offset to set the highlight in the position you want vertically. So, when creating an effect like this, it’s often a good idea to choose Window > Arrange > New Window for - this way you can work on the highlighted text but also see the effect in another window on your screen.Īnyway, once you have some text selected and the Custom Underline dialog box open, you can give the text a thick, yellow (or any color) underline.

Unfortunately, when you select some text to apply this effect, it’s often difficult to accurately view the effect you’re trying to achieve (even with the Preview option selected). Don’t forget to also check the Underline On box to activate the underline. Or, even faster, you can open this dialog box by Option/Alt-clicking on the Underline icon in the Control panel. Can I do that same type of thing in InDesign?Ībsolutely! Just press the Highlighter button! (Sorry, just kidding.) The trick to making a highlighter effect in InDesign is the Custom Underline feature, which you can find by choosing Underline Options from the Control panel menu when the panel is in character formatting mode. It’s a handy feature when you’re trying to emphasize text in, let’s say, an article. In MS Word, you can make text look as if it’s been highlighted with a highlighter marker.

How to get more highlight colors in word 2016