how do i detatch highlight palette from the toolbar?

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Keith G Hicks - 24 Sep 2004 21:19 GMT

I really like the fact that I can detach the text color palette from the
toolbar so that if I'm working with a big document and need to change colors
of text frequently I don't have to grab the pull down to select the color. I
can just click on the one I want.

That being said, I find it annoying that I can't seem to do the same thing
with the highlight palette. Does anyone know of a way to do this?

Thanks,

Keith

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Jay Freedman - 24 Sep 2004 21:49 GMT

> I really like the fact that I can detach the text color palette from
> the toolbar so that if I'm working with a big document and need to
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> thing with the highlight palette. Does anyone know of a way to do
> this?

Hi Keith,

Despite appearances, those palettes are different kinds of objects. If you
don't see the little bar that serves as a handle, you can't float the
dropdown.

But you can make a whole new toolbar (Tools > Customize > Toolbars > New)
and then Ctrl+drag a copy of the highlighter button onto it. That little
toolbar can then float or dock. It's still a two-click job to change the
color, but at least it will be closer to hand.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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Keith G Hicks - 24 Sep 2004 22:05 GMT

Thanks for the info.
And what a drag. Seems that whoever had a role in programming that part of
word fell asleep 1/2 way through the job. How silly to be able to float the
text color but not the highlight color. Hmmm.
Obviously the idea here is that if one is highlighting different parts of a
document with different colors, it's nice to be able to just click the
highlight color once and not have to do the whole drop down thing.

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Dayo Mitchell - 25 Sep 2004 01:16 GMT

> Obviously the idea here is that if one is highlighting different parts of a
> document with different colors, it's nice to be able to just click the
> highlight color once and not have to do the whole drop down thing.

To make a feature request, email mswish@microsoft.com, or post a Suggestion
in the web interface to the newsgroups, if you see that option.

If you use the same colors over and over again, you can link a short macro
to an icon or key command. Recording the macro should work fine. See, if
necessary:

Creating a macro with no programming experience using the recorder
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/UsingRecorder.htm

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Keith G Hicks - 25 Sep 2004 04:30 GMT

Macro is a good suggestion. Thanks, I appreciate that. :)

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