Highlights coming from Writer can't be removed on Word

lduperval · April 3, 2025, 4:23pm

Hi,

When I share documents in Word format that have been generated by Writer, I can’t delete the highlights in Word.

Test case: select text and highlight the text using the toolbar in Writer. Save as dock and import in Word. Select the text in Word and click on the highlight button. The highlight remains. If I highlight with a different color, it’s applied correctly. But if I remove the highlight in Word, the yellow highlight comes back.

Any idea what causes this? I’ve tested on 7.4.6.X and 2025.2.1.2 and I get the same results.

Thanks,

K

Zizi64 · April 3, 2025, 5:27pm

Please upload sample files here.

mikekaganski · April 3, 2025, 5:48pm

Find out, that there are two different character “highlighting” mode in MS Word, one with fewer colors, and more prominent, and another with full color repertoire, but hidden.

Note Character Highlighting option in Options → Load/Save → Microsoft Office.