> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.learnterms.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Question highlighting

> Mark important wording in a question stem and keep the highlights for later review.

Turn on **Highlight** from the module **Tools** area. Press `H` to toggle highlight mode from the keyboard.

## Add and remove highlights

1. Turn on **Highlight**.
2. Select text in the question stem.
3. Release the pointer or finish the keyboard selection. LearnTerms applies and saves the highlight.

Click an existing highlight to remove it. Press `Ctrl+Z` on Windows or `Command+Z` on macOS to undo a highlight change made during the current study session.

Highlighting applies to the question stem. It does not mark answer choices or the rationale.

## Saved behavior

* Highlights are private to your account.
* They are saved by question and appear when you return.
* The on/off preference follows your account.
* A question can hold up to 80 saved highlight ranges.
* If a contributor changes the stem, LearnTerms hides highlights from the older version instead of placing them on the wrong text.

## Why use it

* Isolate qualifiers such as *most likely*, *except*, or *first*.
* Mark values, units, time course, and laterality in clinical stems.
* Reduce rereading during long questions.
* Leave visual anchors for later review without changing the question.

Highlight only the words that change the decision. Marking most of the stem removes the benefit.

## Related guides

* [Private question notes](/docs/students/private-question-notes)
* [Quiz dock and tools](/docs/students/quiz-dock-and-tools)
* [Question types and answering](/docs/students/question-types-and-answering)