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Alright, I want to try something new here. I’m planning a new blog post specifically about the Highlighter Tool. Tell me your tips, tricks, and “you should know” secrets. Don’t be shy about the basics. I have several ideas in mind, but thought I’d crowd-source a complete list.
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Points: 362Rank: UC2 Brainery Newbie
I love holding down the “Shift” key to get nice, straight lines!
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Points: 20,929Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt
Such a simple trick with a big impact! Thanks @jeremyjoin
I’m not sure I’ve see you comment before, welcome to the community!
I hope to learn more from you going forward.
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Points: 702Rank: UC2 Brainery White Belt II
And, of course, holding down the Ctrl key to allow you to unrestrain the highlighter from nearby text.
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Points: 12,699Rank: UC2 Brainery Blue Belt II
Highlight from a Search
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Points: 6,258Rank: UC2 Brainery Purple Belt I
LOL got to it before me
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Points: 11,999Rank: UC2 Brainery Blue Belt I
Naming and colour coding highlights so when I’m reading a report, I can easily sort everything into relevant sections at the end.
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Points: 735Rank: UC2 Brainery White Belt II
Hey, Troy, I very much appreciate the new T&T’s on the Highlighter Tool.
A suggestion: How about another T&T related to the Arc tool? I can never get that tool to work for me. I remember seeing a good video a few years back that talked about how the arc tool could be controlled using the keyboard combinations, but I’ve forgotten everything.
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Points: 6,258Rank: UC2 Brainery Purple Belt I
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Points: 12,699Rank: UC2 Brainery Blue Belt II
and DO NOT forget about the feature where highlighted text shows up in the Markups List.
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Points: 4,630Rank: UC2 Brainery Orange Belt IIII
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Points: 20,929Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt
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Points: 23,477Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt III
Something I don’t think I had noticed until the other day is the ability to control the width of the highlighter “line” by changing the font size. So you can use the tool as a broad brush, or as a precision instrument of communication.
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Points: 20,929Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt
I’m not sure I follow, where are you setting the font size in the highlighter tool? I’m missing something obvious here, sorry. 🙃
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Points: 23,477Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt III
Once you apply a highlight you can change the “Line Width” in the properties bar. This also shows a “line weight” in my top menu bar. The default highlight tool has a setting of “12”
If you have a setting that you like you can right click and set the current properties to default. Another option would be to establish an toolchest of highlighters of various widths and colors to have them available at a click of your mouse.
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Points: 20,929Rank: UC2 Brainery Brown Belt
Got it, I thought you had some magic button where the line width was tied to the font size. A highlighter toolset is great for some of us with a mug full of pens and highlighters on our desk. Thanks David
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