An example of a macro to highlight selected text:

Sub LightGreen()
Selection.Font.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = 12253391
End Sub

As you may have guessed from the name, this yields a light green color on my
system.

tj

"tjtjjtjt" wrote:

Well, you could select the text in question and go to Format | Borders and
Shading | Shading | More Colors and pick a color from there.
If you have experience with macros, you may be able to write one that would
give you access to (an)other color(s).

tj

"Stugotz" wrote:

I am in law school and must create exstensive outlines for each class and can
only use a few of the stock highlight colors since the rest are WAY too dark
when printed on a color printer, is there any way to pick my own shades for
highlighting just as I can choose text colors?