hm, there probably should be a way to change the color of the
highlighting in Word 2003...

i think the users' usual method is to use shading to do it... but it is
not really highlighting and it cannot be searched using Find -> Format:
Highlight

there probably is a way or even a hack to change the color code that
Word uses to display and/or to print it, such as changing  #ffff00  to
#cccc00....

in the next version of Word, it will be really nice to be able to
change how each color is displayed on screen and on the printer.  (the
yellow and magenta hightlighting is good on screen but too dark on
paper... would be nice if they can be lighten up)