Still struggling with how to highlight important information in your document? This tutorial will introduce two effective methods to highlight text. Whether you need to highlight just a few words, large sections of text, or even images, you’ll find the perfect approach here.
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Below are the text instructions for the two methods:
Method 1: Direct Text Highlighting
This method is the simplest and works best for highlighting just a few words or phrases.
- Select the text (not the text box).
- Click Highlight color.
- Choose the color you want, and it will take effect immediately.
Method 2: Highlight Text Using Shapes
This method is perfect for highlighting large sections of text, as you can set it up once and easily paste it wherever you need. It’s also great for emphasizing areas like inserted images that aren’t editable but need to be highlighted.
- Click Insert.
- Click Shape and select a rectangle (or another shape of your choice, adjusting the size as needed; you can also position it over the text you want to highlight).
- Select the shape, click Fill color, and choose your desired color.
- Click Fill color again, and select the "+" under Custom to adjust transparency.
- Drag the slider to increase transparency, so the shape no longer covers the text.
- Remove the shape’s border by clicking Border color.
- Choose Transparent to remove the border.