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PowerPoint Text highlight 2019 feature

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PowerPoint Text highlight for Office 365 and PowerPoint 2019 lets subscribers mark text in yellow or another highlighter colour. (This feature is available on both Windows and macOS, and it’s available in your browser in PowerPoint for the web.)WindowsmacOSWeb | PowerPoint Text highlight


If you don’t see the Text Highlight Color   button on the Home tab of the Ribbon, read Requirements below for more details.

Highlight one piece of text

  1. Select the text that you want to highlight.
  2. On the Home tab, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color  .
  3. Choose a color. The text you selected will be highlighted in the color you chose.

Highlight multiple pieces of non-contiguous text

  1. With no text selected on the slide, on the Home tab, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color  .
  2. Choose a color, and then move the mouse pointer over the text area of your slide.The mouse pointer changes to a highlighter.  .
  3. Select each portion of text that you want to highlight.
  4. When you’re done highlighting, press Esc on the keyboard to turn off the highlighter.

Remove highlighting from text

  1. Select the highlighted text.
  2. 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
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Windows
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