I want to have inline code snippets in my InDesign document. Similar to how StackExchange does it, `like this`. So the gray background is perfect. Basically I just want to highlight certain text. But I can't figure out how to highlight text or have certain text within a text frame have a different background.

I know I can anchor a text frame inline within a text frame. But then I have to size it just right, which is a real pain when I'm constantly changing the text too.

***UPDATE***: is there really no way to highlight text in InDesign? Seems crazy. By the way, I'm using the latest InDesign CS5.5.