Ok, more hints for someone that have the same problem: you can remove the yellow background, in MS Word, by going to format->paragraph->shading. I understand that the problem is that background is just "shading" in OO.org, and two different properties in MS Word (highlighting and shadow).
I think that, for once, I will agree with MS that their approach is better: one thing is the background you want in the final document, a different one is the highlighting you do whilst revising a document with your peers, and removing the last one without touching the first one is a nice thing. In the meantime, I will try to educated my peers that use Word... -- Highlighting in openoffice can't be modified with MS Word https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/645269 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs