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Select the text that you want to highlight. Go to Home and, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color. Select the color that you want. Note: Use a light highlight color if you plan to print the document by using a monochrome palette or dot-matrix printer.
Highlight 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.
So let's start the video so first open your Microsoft Word document. Now select the text you want toMoreSo let's start the video so first open your Microsoft Word document. Now select the text you want to highlight. You can do this by clicking and dragging your cursor over the text. Once your text is How to Highlight Text in Word - YouTube watch watch
Select the desired words using your mouse or keyboard by holding down shift and dragging/moving your cursor across the text you wish to highlight. Next, search the toolbar for a little “pencil” icon, next to the icons for bold and italic. When you hover over the “pencil” icon it should say “Highlight color.”
Several reasons can make you can't highlight text in Microsoft Word, such as lack of permissions, staying in compatibility mode, document protection, etc.
To highlight your text in Google Docs you can also use the shortcut keys. There is a shortcut for highlighting in Windows as well as MAC OS. Shortcut for Highlight in Google Docs on Windows: Press Ctrl+Alt+H and then first choose color.
Select the desired text and press “Ctrl + Alt + H” for the default yellow highlighting.
These are some steps you can follow to unhighlight text in Microsoft Word: Launch Word and find the text you want to unhighlight. Click on the highlighter tool and select "No color" Click and drag over the highlighted text to unhighlight it. Select all the text in the document to unhighlight.
- Check editing permissions: If the file is protected or has restricted editing permissions, you won't be able to select or highlight text. You may need to remove the read-only restriction from the Word document or request editing permissions from the document owner.
Check Word Options: There might be settings in Word that are affecting this functionality. Go to File > Options. Under the 'Advanced' tab, check the options in the 'Editing options' section. Make sure that options like 'Allow text to be dragged and dropped' are checked.
Select the text that you want to highlight. Go to Home and select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color. Select the color that you want. Note: Use a light highlight color if you plan to print the document by using a monochrome palette or printer.

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