Returns or sets the highlight color for the specified range. Read/write WdColorIndex.

expression. HighlightColorIndex

expression Required. A variable that represents a Range object.

This example removes highlight formatting from the selection.

Selection.Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdNoHighlight

This example applies yellow highlighting to each bookmark in the active document.

For Each abookmark In ActiveDocument.Bookmarks 
 abookmark.Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow 
Next abookmark

Range Object

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