Highlight text

The following example shows you how to highlight text with different colors.

import com.independentsoft.office.word.HighlightColor;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            // Yellow highlight
            Run yellowRun = new Run();
            yellowRun.addText("This text has yellow highlight. ");
            yellowRun.setHighlightColor(HighlightColor.YELLOW);

            // Green highlight
            Run greenRun = new Run();
            greenRun.addText("This text has green highlight. ");
            greenRun.setHighlightColor(HighlightColor.GREEN);

            // Cyan highlight
            Run cyanRun = new Run();
            cyanRun.addText("This text has cyan highlight. ");
            cyanRun.setHighlightColor(HighlightColor.CYAN);

            // Magenta highlight
            Run magentaRun = new Run();
            magentaRun.addText("This text has magenta highlight. ");
            magentaRun.setHighlightColor(HighlightColor.MAGENTA);

            // Red highlight
            Run redRun = new Run();
            redRun.addText("This text has red highlight. ");
            redRun.setHighlightColor(HighlightColor.RED);

            // Normal text
            Run normalRun = new Run();
            normalRun.addText("This text has no highlight.");

            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
            paragraph.add(yellowRun);
            paragraph.add(greenRun);
            paragraph.add(cyanRun);
            paragraph.add(magentaRun);
            paragraph.add(redRun);
            paragraph.add(normalRun);

            doc.getBody().add(paragraph);

            doc.save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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