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Highlight text background color in Word 2007. Then, click on the Home tab of the Ribbon: under the Font block of commands, there is an icon of a color marker. To highlight the text in yellow, the default marker color, simply click on the highlighter button itself, and the selected text's background now stands out in yellow.
Word 2013comes with a digital highlighter pen that lets you mark up and colorize the text in your document without damaging your computer monitor. To highlight your text, abide by these steps:
1Click the Home tab.
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You will see several font options.
2Click the Text Highlight button in the Font group.
The mouse pointer changes to a — but the point is that Word is now in Highlighting mode.
3Drag the mouse over the text you want to highlight.
The text becomes highlighted — just like using a highlighter on regular paper, but far neater.
4Click the Text Highlight button again to return the mouse to normal operation.
Or press the Esc key to exit Highlighting mode.
by Martin Brinkmann on February 11, 2019 in Tutorials - 4 comments
Most Microsoft Word users use the mouse when it comes to text selection, probably. It is easy enough to make fine-grained text selections or quick selections using the mouse only.
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A double-click on any word selects it right away, and a triple-click selects an entire paragraph instead. Another option that Word users have is to use the keyboard to select text.
Just hold down the Shift-key on the keyboard and use the arrow keys to start selecting text. You may also use Ctrl-A to select all at once.
Extend Mode in Word
What many users of Microsoft Word don't know is that it is also possible to use the F8 key on the keyboard for text selection.
The F8 key is mapped to what Microsoft's Office team calls Extend Mode.
The entire process works similarly to using mouse clicks to select text. Double-tap on the F8-key on the keyboard to select a word, triple-tap on the F8-key to select a sentence, activate the F8-key four times to select the paragraph, and a fifth time to select the entire document.
- F8: enter Extend Mode
- 2x F8: highlight word
- 3x F8: highlight sentence
- 4x F8: highlight paragraph
- 5x F8: highlight entire document
- Esc: exit Extend Mode
- Adding Shift: reverses the operation
One difference to using the mouse to highlight text in Microsoft Word is that Word remembers how many times you tapped on F8. It is no longer necessary to perform the operation in a limited period for it to register with the program.
You can tap three times first, and five seconds later once more to select an entire paragraph.
Other Extend Mode features
Extend Mode supports additional text related shortcuts that you may find useful. Take the following example:
- With the cursor positioned somewhere in a document, press F8 to enter Extend Mode.
- Now press another character or multiple characters quickly to extend the text selection to the first matching instance.
Another option that you have is to combine Extend Mode with mouse clicks. Enter Extend Mode and click anywhere to highlight anything between the initial cursor position and the mouse selection.
Last but not least, use Ctrl-Shift-F8 and mouse or keyboard to select text blocks.
Remember the press the Esc-key to exit Extend Mode once you are done.
Now You: Which Office applications do you use?
Use F8 in Microsoft Word to select text quickly
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Find out how to use Microsoft Word's Extended Mode feature, triggered with the F8 key, to use text highlighting and selection alternatives.
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