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Highlight with "marker" tool
Hi,
(UsingWord 2003 with SP1) Is it possible to apply hightlighting to text using the Highlight tool like an actual marker. That is, to click on the the Highlight button on the toolbar, and have a "marker" or highlight-enabled cursor that I can apply to text as I come to it in reviewing a document. I can't find any way to switch Word's highlighting feature to be used this way. (For comparison, see the highlighting tool in Adobe Acrobat.) Right now, I have to select each individual section of text, then click on the highlight button to apply highlighting. This gets a little tedious in a long doc. Thanks for your help. Orrie |
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Am using 2003 as well & the highlighter works for me as you indicate you
want it to. If you select text *before* clicking the button the highlight applies only to the selected text, but if you click the button while no text is selected the highlighter remains active until you click the button to turn it off. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Orrie" wrote in message ... Hi, (UsingWord 2003 with SP1) Is it possible to apply hightlighting to text using the Highlight tool like an actual marker. That is, to click on the the Highlight button on the toolbar, and have a "marker" or highlight-enabled cursor that I can apply to text as I come to it in reviewing a document. I can't find any way to switch Word's highlighting feature to be used this way. (For comparison, see the highlighting tool in Adobe Acrobat.) Right now, I have to select each individual section of text, then click on the highlight button to apply highlighting. This gets a little tedious in a long doc. Thanks for your help. Orrie |
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Thanks, Taz.
Nope. That's the problem. The Highligter "marker" doesn't switch on. The only way I can highlight is by first selecting the text, then clicking on the Highlight button. In fact, I'm pretty sure it worked the way you describe in the past, but doesn't work now. Is their an option switch or other way to re-activate the Highlight Tool? I haven't found one in the menus nor any mention of it in the Word Help files. Thank you. Orrie "CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message ... Am using 2003 as well & the highlighter works for me as you indicate you want it to. If you select text *before* clicking the button the highlight applies only to the selected text, but if you click the button while no text is selected the highlighter remains active until you click the button to turn it off. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Orrie" wrote in message ... Hi, (UsingWord 2003 with SP1) Is it possible to apply hightlighting to text using the Highlight tool like an actual marker. That is, to click on the the Highlight button on the toolbar, and have a "marker" or highlight-enabled cursor that I can apply to text as I come to it in reviewing a document. I can't find any way to switch Word's highlighting feature to be used this way. (For comparison, see the highlighting tool in Adobe Acrobat.) Right now, I have to select each individual section of text, then click on the highlight button to apply highlighting. This gets a little tedious in a long doc. Thanks for your help. Orrie |
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Mine works fine, too, just as Taz described. What color is your highlighter
set to, Orrie? Mine is normally set to white when I start up, and I have to select a color before it starts working. "Orrie" wrote: Thanks, Taz. Nope. That's the problem. The Highligter "marker" doesn't switch on. The only way I can highlight is by first selecting the text, then clicking on the Highlight button. In fact, I'm pretty sure it worked the way you describe in the past, but doesn't work now. Is their an option switch or other way to re-activate the Highlight Tool? I haven't found one in the menus nor any mention of it in the Word Help files. Thank you. Orrie "CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message ... Am using 2003 as well & the highlighter works for me as you indicate you want it to. If you select text *before* clicking the button the highlight applies only to the selected text, but if you click the button while no text is selected the highlighter remains active until you click the button to turn it off. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Orrie" wrote in message ... Hi, (UsingWord 2003 with SP1) Is it possible to apply hightlighting to text using the Highlight tool like an actual marker. That is, to click on the the Highlight button on the toolbar, and have a "marker" or highlight-enabled cursor that I can apply to text as I come to it in reviewing a document. I can't find any way to switch Word's highlighting feature to be used this way. (For comparison, see the highlighting tool in Adobe Acrobat.) Right now, I have to select each individual section of text, then click on the highlight button to apply highlighting. This gets a little tedious in a long doc. Thanks for your help. Orrie |
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That's it! Thank you Word Man. I always use yellow highlighting, and didn't think to try another color. But switching to another color (magenta) seemed to unlock the Highlighter. Now it works like a marker, the way I wanted it to. I tried other colors, they seem to work, too. Your help is very much appreciated. Orrie "Idaho Word Man" wrote in message ... Mine works fine, too, just as Taz described. What color is your highlighter set to, Orrie? Mine is normally set to white when I start up, and I have to select a color before it starts working. "Orrie" wrote: Thanks, Taz. Nope. That's the problem. The Highligter "marker" doesn't switch on. The only way I can highlight is by first selecting the text, then clicking on the Highlight button. In fact, I'm pretty sure it worked the way you describe in the past, but doesn't work now. Is their an option switch or other way to re-activate the Highlight Tool? I haven't found one in the menus nor any mention of it in the Word Help files. Thank you. Orrie "CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message ... Am using 2003 as well & the highlighter works for me as you indicate you want it to. If you select text *before* clicking the button the highlight applies only to the selected text, but if you click the button while no text is selected the highlighter remains active until you click the button to turn it off. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Orrie" wrote in message ... Hi, (UsingWord 2003 with SP1) Is it possible to apply hightlighting to text using the Highlight tool like an actual marker. That is, to click on the the Highlight button on the toolbar, and have a "marker" or highlight-enabled cursor that I can apply to text as I come to it in reviewing a document. I can't find any way to switch Word's highlighting feature to be used this way. (For comparison, see the highlighting tool in Adobe Acrobat.) Right now, I have to select each individual section of text, then click on the highlight button to apply highlighting. This gets a little tedious in a long doc. Thanks for your help. Orrie |
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I'm glad I was able to help. A quick click on the Yes button under my
response would be very much appreciated, too. Fred "Orrie" wrote: That's it! Thank you Word Man. I always use yellow highlighting, and didn't think to try another color. But switching to another color (magenta) seemed to unlock the Highlighter. Now it works like a marker, the way I wanted it to. I tried other colors, they seem to work, too. Your help is very much appreciated. Orrie "Idaho Word Man" wrote in message ... Mine works fine, too, just as Taz described. What color is your highlighter set to, Orrie? Mine is normally set to white when I start up, and I have to select a color before it starts working. "Orrie" wrote: Thanks, Taz. Nope. That's the problem. The Highligter "marker" doesn't switch on. The only way I can highlight is by first selecting the text, then clicking on the Highlight button. In fact, I'm pretty sure it worked the way you describe in the past, but doesn't work now. Is their an option switch or other way to re-activate the Highlight Tool? I haven't found one in the menus nor any mention of it in the Word Help files. Thank you. Orrie "CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message ... Am using 2003 as well & the highlighter works for me as you indicate you want it to. If you select text *before* clicking the button the highlight applies only to the selected text, but if you click the button while no text is selected the highlighter remains active until you click the button to turn it off. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Orrie" wrote in message ... Hi, (UsingWord 2003 with SP1) Is it possible to apply hightlighting to text using the Highlight tool like an actual marker. That is, to click on the the Highlight button on the toolbar, and have a "marker" or highlight-enabled cursor that I can apply to text as I come to it in reviewing a document. I can't find any way to switch Word's highlighting feature to be used this way. (For comparison, see the highlighting tool in Adobe Acrobat.) Right now, I have to select each individual section of text, then click on the highlight button to apply highlighting. This gets a little tedious in a long doc. Thanks for your help. Orrie |
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Am truly glad to hear that the remedy helps, but the fact remains that it
shouldn't have to be that way. Something isn't quite as it should be, but that is far from rare with Words toolbar buttons. You may each want to try clicking the arrowhead at the extreme right end of the Formatting toolbar, then select Add or Remove ButtonsFormattingReset Toolbar to see if that makes a more permanent fix. If so, hold down the Shift key while you FileSave All to help insure that the fix holds. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Idaho Word Man" wrote in message ... I'm glad I was able to help. A quick click on the Yes button under my response would be very much appreciated, too. Fred "Orrie" wrote: That's it! Thank you Word Man. I always use yellow highlighting, and didn't think to try another color. But switching to another color (magenta) seemed to unlock the Highlighter. Now it works like a marker, the way I wanted it to. I tried other colors, they seem to work, too. Your help is very much appreciated. Orrie "Idaho Word Man" wrote in message ... Mine works fine, too, just as Taz described. What color is your highlighter set to, Orrie? Mine is normally set to white when I start up, and I have to select a color before it starts working. "Orrie" wrote: Thanks, Taz. Nope. That's the problem. The Highligter "marker" doesn't switch on. The only way I can highlight is by first selecting the text, then clicking on the Highlight button. In fact, I'm pretty sure it worked the way you describe in the past, but doesn't work now. Is their an option switch or other way to re-activate the Highlight Tool? I haven't found one in the menus nor any mention of it in the Word Help files. Thank you. Orrie "CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message ... Am using 2003 as well & the highlighter works for me as you indicate you want it to. If you select text *before* clicking the button the highlight applies only to the selected text, but if you click the button while no text is selected the highlighter remains active until you click the button to turn it off. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Orrie" wrote in message ... Hi, (UsingWord 2003 with SP1) Is it possible to apply hightlighting to text using the Highlight tool like an actual marker. That is, to click on the the Highlight button on the toolbar, and have a "marker" or highlight-enabled cursor that I can apply to text as I come to it in reviewing a document. I can't find any way to switch Word's highlighting feature to be used this way. (For comparison, see the highlighting tool in Adobe Acrobat.) Right now, I have to select each individual section of text, then click on the highlight button to apply highlighting. This gets a little tedious in a long doc. Thanks for your help. Orrie |
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