WPS Highlight is a text-marking feature in WPS Writer on macOS; this guide covers 3 core tasks, with 3 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.
At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core tasks | 3 | Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index |
| Available without membership | 3 | Matches the number of Free rows in the index |
| Membership-related items | 0 | Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index |
About This Feature
Overview
Highlight is a built-in text-marking feature in WPS Writer for macOS. It helps you mark key content, review repeated terms, and clean up temporary marks before finalizing a document. In addition to applying highlight colors to selected text, you can highlight all matched results from Find and remove existing highlights when needed.
Core tasks include:
- Apply a highlight color to selected text for reading, review, or note-taking.
- Highlight all matched results from the Find panel to locate repeated words or phrases.
- Clear highlight formatting by switching highlighted text to No Color.
This feature is useful for study notes, document review, proofreading, and content organization.
System Requirements
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | A Mac device that can run WPS Office for macOS |
| App version | It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office for macOS |
| Network | A network connection is not required for local text highlighting; downloading, installing, and account-related actions require internet access |
| Other | You need to open or edit a WPS Writer document |
Download & Installation
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Official download | WPS Office Free Download |
| Check after installation | Open WPS Office for macOS, open a Writer document, and check the Home tab for the Highlight entry |
Source: WPS download page
Compare with Alternatives
| Dimension | WPS | Microsoft | Notion | Adobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Summary | Supports applying a highlight color from the Home tab, highlighting all matched Find results, and clearing highlight with No Color in WPS Writer on macOS. | Word supports highlighting selected text, keeping the highlighter active for multiple selections, removing highlight, and finding highlighted text. | Google Docs lets users highlight selected text from the toolbar and supports preset colors plus custom colors. | Notion lets users apply text color or highlight color to selected text and also style text blocks with color. | Adobe Acrobat focuses on PDF review and markup tools, including redlining and comment-based review workflows. |
| WPS Advantages | Advantage: Highlighting selected text, highlighting Find results, and clearing highlight are part of one document-editing flow in WPS Writer. Distinct: It fits everyday writing and proofreading in a word-processing document on macOS. | Compared with WPS: Word also supports highlight and finding highlighted text, with a traditional word-processing workflow. | Compared with WPS: Google Docs offers custom highlight colors, but it is centered on a browser-based document environment. | Compared with WPS: Notion supports highlight as part of page styling, but it is not focused on Find-result highlighting in a traditional document editor. | Compared with WPS: Acrobat is oriented toward PDF markup and review rather than direct text editing in a word-processing document. |
| Official Source | — | Apply or remove highlighting | Change the color of text, objects, and backgrounds | Style and customize your page | Mark up documents with redlining tools in Acrobat |
Overall Conclusion
If your main task is to mark key text, review repeated content, and remove temporary highlights while editing a document on macOS, WPS provides a direct workflow inside WPS Writer. If your work is mainly based on browser pages or PDF review, Google Docs, Notion, or Adobe Acrobat may fit those scenarios more closely.
Use Cases
| No. | Scenario | Suitable for | Main issue | How it helps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark key paragraphs | Students, teachers, editors | Important content is hard to revisit in long documents | Apply a highlight color to selected text |
| 2 | Locate repeated keywords | Proofreaders, content teams | Repeated terms are hard to scan manually | Use Find and Highlight All to mark every match |
| 3 | Remove review marks | Writers, reviewers | Temporary marks need to be cleaned up before final delivery | Change highlighted text to No Color |
| 4 | Organize study notes | Students | Notes need clearer visual structure | Use different highlight colors for concepts and conclusions |
| 5 | Review a draft | Office users | Pending items are easy to miss | Highlight text that still needs confirmation |
Membership & Benefits
Free vs WPS Premium
| Capability | Free | WPS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Highlight in WPS Writer | ✅ Available | ✅ Available |
| Basic document editing | ✅ Available | ✅ Available |
| Additional advanced tools and extended benefits | Available within the scope shown on the product pages | Includes more advanced features and extended benefits |
Source: WPS Office pricing page
Recommendations
| Scenario | Recommended plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday reading, study notes, and basic proofreading | Free | The highlight feature itself is available for regular text-marking tasks |
| Users who also need more advanced office capabilities | WPS Premium | Suitable if you need more features beyond highlighting |
How to Subscribe
- WPS membership center: Subscribe now
Source: WPS Office pricing page