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    visual
    last edited by Jan 19, 2022, 2:55 AM

    I’m trying to highlight for example the word “JavaScript” at a certain point in my document, but I have the word ‘JavaScript’ at other places in the document but don’t want them highlighted. What settings do I need to change to fix this? Thank you.

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      gstavi
      last edited by Jan 19, 2022, 6:49 AM

      Settings --> Preferences -->Highlighting --> Smart Highlighting
      Clear Enable

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        Lycan Thrope
        last edited by Jan 19, 2022, 6:52 AM

        Visual, thanks for asking that question, and gstavi thanks for answering it. I hadn’t found that yet so one less thing to look up. :-)

        Lee

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          Alan Kilborn
          last edited by Jan 19, 2022, 1:13 PM

          Are we talking about “highlighting” or “styling”?

          If styling, on the right click context menu, there are choices for “all” and “one” – you’d want the “one”:

          db12f368-750e-4ed6-89e9-251bf880a18d-image.png

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            Carol Lawrence
            last edited by Jan 23, 2022, 6:41 PM

            @gstavi said in How am I able to highlight text without it highlighting the same word in all places of the document?:

            Settings --> Preferences -->Highlighting --> Smart Highlighting
            Clear Enable

            Highlighting options may be found under Settings -> Preferences ->Highlighting. Smart Highlighting Is Enabled By Default

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              visual @Alan Kilborn
              last edited by Jan 24, 2022, 6:08 AM

              @alan-kilborn Yes, styling is what I mean. These are the only options that show up for me though.image_2022-01-23_220752.png

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                visual @visual
                last edited by visual Jan 24, 2022, 6:15 AM Jan 24, 2022, 6:15 AM

                @visual Should also note if needed, I’m using version 8.1.9.3

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                  Alan Kilborn @visual
                  last edited by Jan 24, 2022, 1:12 PM

                  @visual said in How am I able to highlight text without it highlighting the same word in all places of the document?:

                  @alan-kilborn Yes, styling is what I mean. These are the only options that show up for me though.

                  Maybe your contextMenu.xml file is out of date?
                  You could pull a current one from a portable release and replace yours with it.

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                    visual @Alan Kilborn
                    last edited by Jan 24, 2022, 4:41 PM

                    @alan-kilborn That worked. Thank you so much! image_2022-01-24_084149.png

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