How do I highlight text with color in confluence?
Asked by Cobin Bluth:

I have some documents in my Google Docs that I would like to transfer to Confluence.  
My document makes heavy use of highlighting text in color to differentiate certain contextual elements in the document.  

How do I highlight text with color in confluence?


Answers:
author: Nidhi Raj
body: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/New-feature-Text-highlighting-in-Confluence/ba-p/2728045>

The above article has the how-to on text highlighting in Confluence


author: David Oekroes
body: I still don't see any options for highlighting text easily. What are your plans in this regard?


author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Hello Cobin and welcome to Community!

There is an open feature request: [Provide ability to easily highlight text with color in WYSIWYG editor](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-27894), you can vote for it to show interest and watch it to be updated.

You can use macros as a workaround:

* Info (blue)
* Tip (green)
* Warning (red)
* Note (yellow)
* Background Color (custom)
* Panel (custom)
* Status (single words)

You'll get this as a result:

![highlight.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24121iCAB9B01F78E09BBF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "highlight.PNG")

Hope this helps,

- Manon

comments: author: Laura Servidei
body: how do you make the status box that big? Mine is only a few character wide, and after that it shows "..."


author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Hello [@Laura Servidei](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/377678),

The status box is small and ends with "..." while in Edit mode, publish the page and it should be bigger :)


author: Laura Servidei
body: DOH!

Thanks.


author: Vishal S
body: but still when i wanted to make my header in red color background i am not able to see red color in the background color list can someone help me on this,


author: Karan Shah
body: There is no background colour option available. However, work around is use macro - status i.e., custom label.


author: Bilal
body: It's remarkable that there's no text highlight for an enterprise-grade software. Why are you charging customers when customer still has to "vote" for a very basic feature?


author: Johannes Gubo
body: [@Bilal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5315198) agree, it's completely stupid and counter productive. Atlassian keeps failing for over a decade to delivery some of the most basic features across their entire product lineup.


author: Stephen George
body: One workaround available is to insert a simple, 1-cell table (by typing **/table**) and choosing from one of the available palette colors for the background of the cell:

![Step 1 ??Insert table.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/190497i8022965A50E4746C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Step 1 ??Insert table.png")

![Step 2 ??Add text and change background color.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/190498iA80529C72F67B311/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Step 2 ??Add text and change background color.png")

**Result**

![Step 3 ??Publish.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/190499i7EDA0362D23CCAA3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Step 3 ??Publish.png")


author: Scott Morris
body: not really an answer. more of an add-on. i really want to highlight text inline from my page, not put it in its own box. i need to identify code to be changed vs. code that is good. maybe i'm just stuck in an old version of confluence?

comments: author: Hitesh Jain
body: If you figure this out please share it.


author: Dean Ramdhayan
body: This is the most basic function for documentation, how are you worth billions of dollars and not able to implement this


author: John Bartlett
body: Yellow highlighting is typically used to indicate 'work to do' in a document. I achieve this by commenting on the text, which highlights it in yellow and add a comment in 'to do'. Using comments for highlights in this way has the added benefit of providing you with a list of you highlighted test on a page. Here's an example:

![Screenshot 2023-03-21 103615.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/246630iE2F9F89E29A387B4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2023-03-21 103615.png")

comments: author: kris.van.de.vijver
body: That's a perfect solution for me, thanks for this tip/workaround.


author: Alan Pham
body: Brilliant!


author: lorant_z
body: 2024 and confluence still cannot highlight text background.... unbelievable....


author: Zoriana Bogutska_Adaptavist_
body: Hi there,

Using [Content Formatting Macros for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/247?tab=overview&hosting=cloud&utm_source=Atlassian-Community&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Comment_How-do-I-highlight-text-with-color-in-confluence_20221212) it is easy to highlight text using a background macro.

![Screenshot 2022-12-12 at 14.49.06.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/230124i99A2E69E0BA43A63/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2022-12-12 at 14.49.06.png")

Also, for background, add-on users can upload pictures to improve the Confluence page design.

![Screenshot 2022-12-12 at 14.51.47.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/230126iDB6BB345AFA63502/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2022-12-12 at 14.51.47.png")

This app is developed by my Adaptavist team, so if someone has any questions - I'm happy to help.


author: Dave Hildebrandt
body: Use the span macro to set the style.

![Screen Shot 2021-05-27 at 9.33.55 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/145150i36AE45372A4231D2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2021-05-27 at 9.33.55 AM.png")

comments: author: Andrew Rothman
body: Where do we get that?


author: Morgan Day
body: I can't find it either...


author: Adam Hechler
body: I don't see a "span" macro


author: Alex R_
body: I have no idea what macro [@Dave Hildebrandt](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4412891) was using, but I created my own:  

```
## Macro title: Span## Macro has a body: Y## Body processing: Rendered#### Wraps content in a span tag with optional class name and styles for the tag. Do not include quotes in the class name or styles.#### @param Id:title=ID|type=string|option-showValueInPlaceholder=true## @param Class:title=Class|type=string|desc=The class of the element## @param Style:title=Style|type=string|desc=An inline ctyle definition## @param Title:title=Title|type=string|desc=Text to display in a tool tip<span  #if ($paramId)    id="$paramId"  #end  #if ($paramClass)    class="$paramClass"  #end  #if ($paramStyle)    style="$paramStyle"  #end  #if ($paramTitle)    title="$paramTitle"  #end>$body</span>
```


author: jhonwills72
body: To highlight text with color in Confluence, you can use the Text Color plugin. It allows you to select and apply various colors to your text, enhancing readability and [Gta 4](https://cracksofshah.com) visual appeal. Simply install the plugin from the Confluence Marketplace and follow the instructions for highlighting text.

comments: author: Achim Haag
body: "Gta 4" -\> h....://cracksofshah.com/ obviously no serious content...


author: nicooletahehe
body: Hello,

I used the 'Highlight' Macro:

![highlightConfluence2.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/227174iBF9DBDD1A4701595/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "highlightConfluence2.PNG")

or the 'Background color' Macro. This one highlights the whole row, though \^\^'.

![highlightConfluence.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/227172i02DDF09ED471EE50/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "highlightConfluence.PNG")

comments: author: Adam Hechler
body: Where did you find a "highlight" macro? Did you purchase an add-on macro? Are you using Confluence Cloud?


author: Hitesh Jain
body: [Text Highlighter for Confluence \| Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211827/text-highlighter-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=server)

Try this plugin

comments: author: Achim Haag
body: As always: what I expect as a Wiki default must be bought


author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Cobin Bluth](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1487166),

Try this plug-in:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211012/webfonts-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211012/webfonts-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

comments: author: SG
body: Looked promising, but is only available for server, which is no longer sold.

It's disappointing that text formatting options are so limited on Confluence.


author: Morgan Day
body: Ridiculously limited


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