Character Highlighting Color /text/shared/02/02160000.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Highlighting

Applies current highlighting color to the character style or text selection.

Choose Format - Character - Highlighting tab. When editing a character style, choose Highlighting tab. Click the Character Highlighting Color icon on the Formatting bar, Text Object bar or Character section of Properties Sidebar.Text Formatting bar.

Character Highlighting Color Icon Character Highlighting Color icon

To change the highlighting color, click the arrow next to the Character Highlighting Color icon, and then click the color that you want.

Apply Highlighting

To a Text Selection

Select the text that you want to highlight. Click the Character Highlighting Color icon on the Formatting or Text ObjectText Formatting bar. To type after the selection without highlighting, click CommandCtrl+M.

For Multiple Selections

UFI: see #112387# Start with no text selected. On the Formatting bar, click the Character Highlighting Color icon. The mouse cursor changes to the Apply Highlighting cursor.

Apply Highlighting Icon Apply Highlighting cursor

Use the Apply Highlighting cursor to select text that you want to highlight. To turn off highlighting cursor, click the Character Highlighting Color icon again, or press Esc. To apply highlighting to a single word, double-click the word; for a sentence use triple-click, and quadruple-click for a paragraph.

To Remove Highlighting

Select the highlighted text. On the Text Formatting bar, click the arrow next to the Character Highlighting Color icon, and then click No Fill. For multiple selections, click the Character Highlighting Color icon with No Fill, select highlighting to remove, then finish by clicking the icon again or pressing Esc.