Word suggestion: styles that include text highlighting

[wildetudor]

Right now you cannot set text highlighting color as part of a style
definition; you have to change the formatting directly.

I would like to suggest that styles in Word be added this feature, perhaps
as part of their Font set of definitions: just like you are able to set what
font and what size the text that is formatted with that syle will have, you
should also be able to choose what highlighting color (if any) it will have.

This feature would probably also make Word more aware of text highlighting
as a formatting found throughout a document. Right now if you choose Clear
Formatting for a selection which contains highlighted text, all the
formatting is removed from the text with the exception of the highlighting.

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[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

What you can do is add shading to a style. A big advantage is that the range
of colors is virtually unlimited (well, OK maybe only 64,000 colors). The
icon for shading is on the tables toolbar, which may make it as convenient
to use as highlighting.

Actually I strongly prefer the highlight behavior you describe. I and most
of my colleagues and clients use highlighting as markup. We do not want it to
go away by clearing the formatting.

HTH,
PamC

 

[wildetudor]

Hi, and thanks for replying to my suggestion thread.

I and most
of my colleagues and clients use highlighting as markup. We do not want it to
go away by clearing the formatting.

Well, I do. Or rather, I would like Word to be aware that this is also a way
of formatting text, just like bold and underline, and would like a command
(either Clear Formatting or some other command, Clear All Formatting
Including Highlight, for instance) that is able to recognize it.

I have not been able to use shading to obtain a similar effect to that of
highlighting, as you seem to suggest.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, and thanks for replying to my suggestion thread.


Well, I do. Or rather, I would like Word to be aware that this is
also a way of formatting text, just like bold and underline, and
would like a command (either Clear Formatting or some other command,
Clear All Formatting Including Highlight, for instance) that is able
to recognize it.

I have not been able to use shading to obtain a similar effect to
that of highlighting, as you seem to suggest.

Try Greg Maxey's custom highlighter add-in from
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Highlighter.htm.

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[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

Modify style > format > border and shading > shading tab > & pick the color
you want.

Interestingly, W2007 has both the highlighter icon and the shading icon on
the home tab (font group and paragraph group, respectively). I suspect they
offer this as an answer to requests like yours.

PamC