Re: highlighted text

beppe wrote:
> Graham Waiffers <Nevermind@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> beppe wrote:
>>> Is there a way to create highlighted text in illustrator? 
>>> Actually I have a word and I would like to have half of it
highlighted,
>>> as if someone had used a stabilo boss on it.
>>>
>>> Thank in advance
>> You'll need to define "highlighted" a little more fully.
> 
> Like the effect on Adobe Reader for the Highlight text tool (Tools >
> Comment & Markups, and select the Highlight Text tool) or just like when
> you select a text or double click on it and you get that text in
> "reverse colour".
> 
> So far I used to create a rectangle shape filled with a solid colour on
> a different layer and put it behind the text in order to "simulate" this
> "highlight effect".
> I just wonder if there is a simpler and easier way, specially if you
> need to highlight different words or sentences and want to obtain a
> consistent uniform look.
> 

That's probably the way I'd do it. You can just make yourself a 
"highlight" box the height and width of a text line. Then select + 
alt/drag to replicate it for the number of lines and/or words you have 
to highlight and adjust the length to suit.

-- 
Graham Waiffers

The poster formerly known as Roger Thaat, Watson deMeneux or Jack Skwaht.