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Profile Shading
You can configure colored shading to differentiate between profiles, profile groups, attributes, and values. See Using Shading for Profiled Elements for further information on configuring shading for profile values.
Profile shading is displayed as follows, when profile shading is activated:
Topic references and element content are displayed in the color set for their profile/value.
A profiled element is indicated by the icon This is an image of a blue square superimposed on a gray square, both on a pink background. in Document Map and Column View views.
Shading is activated via the set showprofileshading command.