Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> With other wordprocessors you can highlight text with a different >> background. Isn't that something that we want to support? > > First, I am not sure at all that there is a proper stable package for > doing that in LaTeX (colors are horrible in LaTeX because they are > done through \specials in the dvi/pdf).
soul.sty:
\usepackage{color,soul}
\definecolor{lightblue}{rgb}{.90,.95,1}
\sethlcolor{lightblue}
...
\hl{this is highlighted in light blue color}
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