Tekstmarkering

Tekstmarkering is the act of marking or annotating segments of text to emphasize, organize, or annotate information, and it spans both physical documents and digital media. In physical contexts, users commonly apply highlighter pens, underlining, strikethroughs, or marginal notes. In digital contexts, marking is accomplished through features such as highlight colors, underlines, comments, sticky notes, bookmarks, and tags.

The purposes include improving reading comprehension, aiding study and revision, guiding editors in proofreading, and facilitating information extraction in research or legal work. Marking can indicate important ideas, questions, definitions, or decisions. Different conventions exist for classifying types of marks, but practices vary by field and tool.

In digital workflows, text marking often integrates with document management and collaboration. PDF readers, word processors, and note-taking apps let users create highlights, add comments, attach footnotes, or link anchored notes to text. Some ecosystems use syntax highlighting or code markup to differentiate program elements.

Accessibility and readability considerations suggest using more than color alone to convey meaning, such as adding descriptive labels, numeric codes, or accompanying notes. Over-marking can reduce clarity, so guidelines recommend selective marking and consistent schemes.

Tekstmarkering is widely used in education, publishing, research, legal practice, and software development as part of annotation and review processes.