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mrmikel · 12-21-2012, 10:09 AM

HTML isn't set up for what you want to do. It can't highlight spots of the background easily. And Sigil's base is HTML. The book view is just a convenience so you can see if you got the effect you want to in the code.

What Sigil can do for you is color your text, which would accomplish the same purpose.

If you can work in code view, you can create a clip which is like this:
<SPAN style="color:yellow;">\1</SPAN> and color as much text as you like.

But it will print out in color unless you tell your printer not to.

If you willing to go Apple there is a reader app which has highlighting. I don't know how well it works. Some readers apparently have this function.

12-21-2012, 10:09 AM	#21
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	HTML isn't set up for what you want to do. It can't highlight spots of the background easily. And Sigil's base is HTML. The book view is just a convenience so you can see if you got the effect you want to in the code. What Sigil can do for you is color your text, which would accomplish the same purpose. If you can work in code view, you can create a clip which is like this: <SPAN style="color:yellow;">\1</SPAN> and color as much text as you like. But it will print out in color unless you tell your printer not to. If you willing to go Apple there is a reader app which has highlighting. I don't know how well it works. Some readers apparently have this function. Last edited by mrmikel; 12-21-2012 at 10:14 AM.