Manually highlight selected text in Notepad++

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user2127480 picture user2127480 · Mar 2, 2013 · Viewed 183.3k times · Source

I was trying to find a way to highlight a selected block of code in Notepad++ like Microsoft Word allows you to do for a document. Is this possible?

Answer

Saju picture Saju · Mar 4, 2013

To highlight a block of code in Notepad++, please do the following steps

  1. Select the required text.
  2. Right click to display the context menu
  3. Choose Style token and select any of the five choices available ( styles from Using 1st style to using 5th style). Each is of different colors.If you want yellow color choose using 3rd style.

If you want to create your own style you can use Style Configurator under Settings menu.

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