how to 'highlight' text in MS Word?

free4440273

hi all. does anybody know of a free add on tool which allows me to highlight in yellow (much like you do with a highlighter pen) text in MS Word. yes, i know you can now do this with the brand new version of Office, but i am using Word 2000. any free add on tools anybody knows of? thanks as always

jghal

You can already do this in all versions of word - the button is called 'Highlight' and lives next to the text colour button

The button icon looks like a highlighter pen and default colour is wyellow

Hope this helps

espresso

jghal wrote:

You can already do this in all versions of word - the button is called 'Highlight' and lives next to the text colour button

Not all versions of Word! Word 2003 onward. Never see a plug-in but it may be worth searching.

:rolleyes:

DrFluffy

Word 97 had a highlight function...

espresso

I'm not absolutely sure exactly when it was introduced but it is mentioned here for Word 2003 Beta.

Note: Don't use the Highlighter pen on the Ink Annotations toolbar in Word 2003 if you are sharing your Word documents with users of Word 2002. When they open the document, they will see a fuzzy colored line that obscures the text more than highlights it. For these situations, use Word's Highlight tool on the Formatting toolbar. Annotations made in Word 2003 using Ballpoint and Felt-tip pens appear correctly in Word 2002.

:eek:

free4440273

jghal, thanks so much - you are an absolute star! thanks everybody else also. as i have said many time before, what a fantastic forum this is: you ask a question, and your problem is solved within a matter of minutes (sometimes even seconds!) thanks all