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Highlight function doesn't work, it stops after one click in the document

I never had problems with my hihglight function in Word 2007. Since I opened a certain document, nothing special just a Word document, my highlight function stopped working.

I can still highlight text, but after one click with my mouse, the marking stops. Where it should normally should stay on, untill you click the button 'stop highlighting'.

I've alreay called the help desk, but they cannot help me unfortunately. Is there anyone else who had the same problem, but was able to fix it?

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The Text Highlight Color function in Word should be "sticky," unless you have already selected text before clicking the button, in which case the highlight will be applied to the current selection and then turned off again.

Have you tried running Word in Safe mode (briefly, as part of troubleshooting) to see if the problem remains?

Stefan Blom
Microsoft 365 Word MVP since 2005
Volunteer Moderator (Office)
MS 365, Win 11 Pro
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Last updated May 8, 2023 Views 903 Applies to: