How to Use Your Word Processor

Using the Highlight Tool

Most word processors provide a Highlighting tool that allows you to color passages of text, much as you might do with a highlighting marker. Some uses for the Highlighting tool include identifying:

• different types of support in your document, such as quotations, paraphrase, and summary
• support drawn from specific sources
• opposing positions on an issue

To use the Highlight tool in Microsoft Word:

1. Select the text you want to highlight.
2. Click on the Highlight icon on the toolbar.

To change the highlight color:

1. Click on the down arrow next to the Highlight icon on the toolbar.
2. Click on the color you want to use.

To remove highlighting:

1. Select "none" as the color you want to use as your highlight color.
2. Select the text you want to highlight.
3. Click on the Highlight icon on the toolbar.

Note: You can also apply highlighting by clicking on the Highlight icon and then dragging your mouse across text in the document.