Highlight blocks have some special functions beyond what our normal text blocks will offer.

For an end-to-end method of using highlights, see the Reading workflow use-case.

They look like highlights so you can easily distinguish them from other text

Appearance

Highlight blocks show the quoted text with a colored bar on the left. If you add a note, it appears below the quote in smaller text.

Choose between Default and Minimal styles in Settings > Editor > Highlight Style.

They have special actions that can be applied

• Open the original highlight location
• Add a note to that highlight block (this functions like normal text so link and format in any way you'd like)
• Turn the highlight into a standalone object. It'll keep the highlight formatting and link to original highlight.
  This is great for quotes, for example!
  
• Change the color
• Clear the highlight metadata to revert to a plain text block
• You will also see when it was created and from where with the timestamp at the bottom.