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How do I set up the default CHM reader in Windows to highlight text? Is this even possible?

When I read ebooks I need to highlight some of the text and it's just not there in the default CHM program.

Or would I be better off looking for another CHM viewer? If that's the case I'm best up for something that would work on Windows, Linux and Mac if that's the alternative.

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I just found Kchmviewer. It looks really good with:

  • Windows, Mac and Linux.
  • Easy navigation: ctrl + left or right arrow keys to navigate next or previous sections
  • Tabbed interface
  • Ability to change font size
  • Allows you to add your own persistent bookmarks
  • Excellent search even for files without and index
  • Highlights text just fine

I've installed it on Windows 7 64-bit and it works great:

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  • where does it highlight the text -- I'm talking about permanent highlighting.
    – treecoder
    Sep 14, 2011 at 11:10
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There is a handy Firefox add-on called CHM Reader which allows you to open CHM files within Firefox:

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To achieve the highlighting support you're after you can use TextMarker!, another useful add-on:

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Of course, it will work on any platform with Firefox installed.

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  • A user of the add-on made a comment regarding that actually! - Great. Just does exactly what's needed. Pages or paragraphs of text with highlights can be saved perfectly with the UnMHT extension, including the highlights. very cool indeed :)
    – user1931
    Jan 17, 2010 at 0:11

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