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I recently received a Microsoft Word document from a business contact - whom I cannot contact any more - in which he 'highlighted' several paragraphs in an electronic facsimile of the type of mark a yellow fluorescent marker pen leaves. I can't seem to figure out how it works. Help! ROGER YIP Stanley The highlight feature in Word is handy indeed and relatively simple to use.

First make sure you have the highlight button up with the rest of the Word function buttons at the top of your screen. Usually, Word puts it just to the right of the 'U' key that allows you to underline text.

It's a button with a little pen-like icon on it next to a little yellow square, with a down arrow just to the right.

If this button is visible, select the text you want to highlight and click on the highlight button. Your text will be highlighted in fluorescent yellow. You can also use green, blue and violet by clicking on the down arrow on the right of the button.

If the highlight button is not visible, you can put it with the rest of the buttons by following these steps: 1. Click open the 'Tools' menu and click on 'Customise'. 2. In the Customise box, under 'Toolbars', in the 'Categories', select Tools.

3. Drag the highlight button from among those that appear in the adjacent box and drop it at the top of your Word workspace next to the other buttons there.

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