Aug 16, 2018 - Highlight one piece of text in PowerPoint. Open the PowerPoint presentation, go to the slide you want to edit and select the text you want to highlight. On the Home tab, go to Text Highlight Color and select a color. The text will be highlighted in the color you chose. Highlight multiple pieces of non-contiguous text With no text selected on the slide, on the Home tab, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color. Choose a color, and then move the mouse pointer over the text area of your slide. Select each portion of text that you want to highlight.
If you don't see the Text Highlight Color button on the Home tab of the Ribbon, read below for more details. Highlight one piece of text.
Select the text that you want to highlight. On the Home tab, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color. Choose a color. The text you selected will be highlighted in the color you chose. Highlight multiple pieces of non-contiguous text. With no text selected on the slide, on the Home tab, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color. Choose a color, and then move the mouse pointer over the text area of your slide.
The mouse pointer changes to a highlighter. Select each portion of text that you want to highlight. When you're done highlighting, press Esc on the keyboard to turn off the highlighter. Remove highlighting from text.
Select the highlighted text. On the Home tab, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color and click No Color. Other ways to highlight Here are two other ways to emphasize something on screen while you're presenting:.
Requirements for Text Highlighting Applies to: PowerPoint for Office 365 Monthly Channel: Version 1606 or later Semi-annual channels: Version 1701 or later PowerPoint 2019 Windows. If you don't see the Text Highlight Color button on the Home tab of the Ribbon, read below for more details.
Highlight one piece of text. Select the text that you want to highlight. On the Home tab, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color. Choose a color. The text you selected will be highlighted in the color you chose. Highlight multiple pieces of non-contiguous text. With no text selected on the slide, on the Home tab, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color.
Choose a color, and then move the mouse pointer over the text area of your slide. The mouse pointer changes to a highlighter. Select each portion of text that you want to highlight. When you're done highlighting, press Esc on the keyboard to turn off the highlighter. Remove highlighting from text. Select the highlighted text.
On the Home tab, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color and click No Color. Another way to highlight Requirements for Text Highlighting Applies to: PowerPoint for Office 365 for Mac Version 16.10 or later PowerPoint 2019 for Mac Mac OS X 10.10 or later.