Highlight text

The following example shows you how to highlight text with different colors in a Word document.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            // Create paragraph with multiple highlighted runs
            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();

            // Yellow highlight
            Run run1 = new Run("This text is highlighted in yellow. ");
            run1.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.Yellow;
            paragraph.Add(run1);

            // Green highlight
            Run run2 = new Run("This text is highlighted in green. ");
            run2.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.Green;
            paragraph.Add(run2);

            // Cyan highlight
            Run run3 = new Run("This text is highlighted in cyan. ");
            run3.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.Cyan;
            paragraph.Add(run3);

            // Magenta highlight
            Run run4 = new Run("This text is highlighted in magenta.");
            run4.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.Magenta;
            paragraph.Add(run4);

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph);

            // Create another paragraph with more colors
            Paragraph paragraph2 = new Paragraph();

            Run run5 = new Run("Red highlight. ");
            run5.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.Red;
            paragraph2.Add(run5);

            Run run6 = new Run("Blue highlight. ");
            run6.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.Blue;
            paragraph2.Add(run6);

            Run run7 = new Run("Dark blue highlight. ");
            run7.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.DarkBlue;
            paragraph2.Add(run7);

            Run run8 = new Run("Light gray highlight.");
            run8.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.LightGray;
            paragraph2.Add(run8);

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph2);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument()

        ' Create paragraph with multiple highlighted runs
        Dim paragraph As Paragraph = New Paragraph()

        ' Yellow highlight
        Dim run1 As Run = New Run("This text is highlighted in yellow. ")
        run1.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.Yellow
        paragraph.Add(run1)

        ' Green highlight
        Dim run2 As Run = New Run("This text is highlighted in green. ")
        run2.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.Green
        paragraph.Add(run2)

        ' Cyan highlight
        Dim run3 As Run = New Run("This text is highlighted in cyan. ")
        run3.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.Cyan
        paragraph.Add(run3)

        ' Magenta highlight
        Dim run4 As Run = New Run("This text is highlighted in magenta.")
        run4.HighlightColor = HighlightColor.Magenta
        paragraph.Add(run4)

        doc.Body.Add(paragraph)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.docx", True)

    End Sub
End Module

Available highlight colors:

Yellow
Green
Cyan
Magenta
Blue
Red
DarkBlue
DarkCyan
DarkGreen
DarkMagenta
DarkRed
DarkYellow
DarkGray
LightGray
Black
White
None (no highlight)

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