In the Modify Style dialog, select Format | Border.

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"gailcu" wrote in message
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Thanks for your help. However, when I tried it, it gave me the option of
choosing
font colors but not highlighting colors. Could you explain further?
Thanks.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Create a character style with a lighter shading colour and apply that
instead.

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gailcu wrote:
Is it possible to get additional colors for highlighting in Word? I
find in particular
the yellow too bright and need a softer shade. Thanks