What does "persistent highlighting" do in Relativity?

Persistent highlighting in Relativity is a feature designed to enhance the user experience by maintaining highlighted terms across different document views. This allows users to easily reference key terms or phrases as they navigate through documents in their review process. When terms are highlighted persistently, they remain visible regardless of any changes in the document view, enabling users to quickly identify and focus on important information without losing track of what they have marked. This feature is especially useful in a litigation context, where reviewing large volumes of documents efficiently while keeping critical information easily accessible can significantly impact the workflow.

The other options do not accurately describe the functionality of persistent highlighting. Removing duplicate highlights or changing highlight colors may pertain to other features that deal with document management and user preferences, but they do not capture the core purpose of persistent highlighting. Automatically highlighting all new documents does not reflect how highlighting is meant to work, as it would flood the user with unsolicited highlights rather than provide deliberate and meaningful emphasis on specific terms of interest.