Title: How to Highlight Text in Any Version of PowerPoint
Headings: How to highlight text in any version of PowerPoint, even if you don't have the option in your toolbar
How to highlight text in any version of PowerPoint, even if you don't have the option in your toolbar
Melanie Weir
You can highlight text in PowerPoint in several different ways.
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How to highlight text in PowerPoint if your version has the option available in the toolbar
Click the highlight button to choose your highlight color, and click the color to highlight the text.
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How to highlight text in PowerPoint by inserting a shape
Go to "Insert" and click "Shapes."
Select the rectangle, or any other shape you want.
Create the shape and pick a color under "Shape Fill."
Click "Send Backward" until your text appears on top of the shape.
How to highlight text in PowerPoint by adding a glow effect
Click the text box and go to the "Format" tab.
Under "Text Effects," click "Glow."
Choose glow color and size.
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Content: 3. Cut the newly-highlighted text out of the Word doc and paste it back into your PowerPoint slide. If you'd rather not do all the cutting and pasting, or you don't want to open another application, though, there are still ways to highlight text using only the tools PowerPoint provides. For one thing, you could fake a highlight by inserting a shape into your presentation. How to highlight text in PowerPoint by inserting a shape
1. In the PowerPoint toolbar, go to the "Insert" tab. 2. Click the "Shapes" button. Go to "Insert" and click "Shapes." Melanie Weir/Business Insider
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