How do I highlight specific text in a powerpoint slide? in PowerPoint General Questions    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   PowerPoint     PowerPoint General Questions              Sue Roberts 11/7/2004 1:59 PM PST   Question   I have a text box in a Powerpoint slide in which I would like to highlight just one sentence. I can't seem to find the same 'highlight' tool that is available in WORD. Is there a way to highlight specific text in a text box in PowerPoint. Thanks, Sue.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Sandy 11/7/2004 2:32 PM PST   Answer   There is not a highlighter tool in PowerPoint like there is for Word. You can get around it a couple of different ways. In 2002/2003 you can use the drawing tool to draw a rectangle around the text, no line, fill with yellow at 50%. It may appear dark on your computer screen, but looks like a nice highlight when you project it. Also in 2003/2003 you may right click on the screen when you're in Slide Show mode and use one of the pen options to highlight the text during the actual presentation. >-----Original Message----- >I have a text box in a Powerpoint slide in which I would like to highlight >just one sentence. I can't seem to find the same 'highlight' tool that is >available in WORD. >Is there a way to highlight specific text in a text box in PowerPoint. > >Thanks, Sue. > >. >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Sue Roberts 11/8/2004 4:48 AM PST   That works fine Sandy. Thank you, Sue. "Sandy" wrote: > There is not a highlighter tool in PowerPoint like there > is for Word. You can get around it a couple of different > ways. In 2002/2003 you can use the drawing tool to draw > a rectangle around the text, no line, fill with yellow at > 50%. It may appear dark on your computer screen, but > looks like a nice highlight when you project it. Also in > 2003/2003 you may right click on the screen when you're > in Slide Show mode and use one of the pen options to > highlight the text during the actual presentation. > >-----Original Message----- > >I have a text box in a Powerpoint slide in which I would > like to highlight > >just one sentence. I can't seem to find the > same 'highlight' tool that is > >available in WORD. > >Is there a way to highlight specific text in a text box > in PowerPoint. > > > >Thanks, Sue. > > > >. > > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           ram_aditya18@hotmail.com 5/6/2008 7:45 PM PST   I was able to draw a box and then highlight but the hightlight function as in word would be much appreciated. Thanks Sandy, that works.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Steve Rindsberg 11/7/2004 8:29 PM PST   Answer   In article <AAA5B670-9094-4A90-914D-62A86EF927CD@microsoft.com>, Sue Roberts wrote: > I have a text box in a Powerpoint slide in which I would like to highlight > just one sentence. I can't seem to find the same 'highlight' tool that is > available in WORD. That's Word, this is PowerPoint. ;-) That feature isn't available in PPT. The usual workaround is to draw a rectangle that surrounds the text you want to highlight, send it behind the text. If the text isn't part of a placeholder, you might want to group it with the rectangle so the two stay together. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Sue Roberts 11/8/2004 4:49 AM PST   That works fine Steve. Thank you, Sue. "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > In article <AAA5B670-9094-4A90-914D-62A86EF927CD@microsoft.com>, Sue Roberts > wrote: > > I have a text box in a Powerpoint slide in which I would like to highlight > > just one sentence. I can't seem to find the same 'highlight' tool that is > > available in WORD. > > That's Word, this is PowerPoint. ;-) > > That feature isn't available in PPT. > > The usual workaround is to draw a rectangle that surrounds the text you want to > highlight, send it behind the text. If the text isn't part of a placeholder, > you might want to group it with the rectangle so the two stay together. > > ----------------------------------------- > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Scott S. Kang 9/12/2008 11:56 AM PST   Acutally, there is a highlighter tool in PowerPoint 2003, but it doesn't function quite the same way as Word 2003. To access the highlighter tool, you have to go to the SlideShow View and then scroll to the slide that has the text you want to highlight. Then you will have to either right click and then click on Pointer Options--->Highlighter or go to the bottom left screen and click on the Pen icon and then click on highlighter (the pen icon does not show until move onto the next slide). The highlighter tool will then act as a physical highlighter and you can now highlight text. To save your highlights, you will then have to "End Show" or scroll until you exit your powerpoint presentation and then "Keep" your ink annotations. After that, you can choose to "Delete" your highlights the same you would delete a graphic as each stroke is saved as a graphic in your presentation. I hope that I helped someone out with this tip. "Sue Roberts" wrote: > That works fine Steve. Thank you, Sue. > > "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > > > In article <AAA5B670-9094-4A90-914D-62A86EF927CD@microsoft.com>, Sue Roberts > > wrote: > > > I have a text box in a Powerpoint slide in which I would like to highlight > > > just one sentence. I can't seem to find the same 'highlight' tool that is > > > available in WORD. > > > > That's Word, this is PowerPoint. ;-) > > > > That feature isn't available in PPT. > > > > The usual workaround is to draw a rectangle that surrounds the text you want to > > highlight, send it behind the text. If the text isn't part of a placeholder, > > you might want to group it with the rectangle so the two stay together. > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP > > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ > > > > > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Rich Craig 4/13/2009 6:04 AM PST   This DOES NOT work in PP2007 (12.0.6307.5000; it highlights the entire teat area. Bring back the "one click" hylight tool!!!!!!!! By the way, I suggest an English grammar class for you help text writers! "Never end a sentence in a preposition! "Sue Roberts" wrote: > I have a text box in a Powerpoint slide in which I would like to highlight > just one sentence. I can't seem to find the same 'highlight' tool that is > available in WORD. > Is there a way to highlight specific text in a text box in PowerPoint. > > Thanks, Sue. >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Echo S 4/13/2009 7:07 AM PST   There isn't a "highlight" tool in PPT. There never really has been, so there's nothing to "bring back." The Help entry says there used to be an *on-screen* highlight tool in PPT 2003. This was a highlight that could be used during a presentation -- like drawing on the screen -- to point out something on the slide. It's not something that could be used in Normal (editing) view, and it was nothing like the highlight tool that Word has. In my opinion, the preposition thing isn't something about which to get bent out of shape. <g> -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx "Rich Craig" <Rich Craig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:167E7C4F-6457-4C33-B9D3-752830960D07@microsoft.com... > This DOES NOT work in PP2007 (12.0.6307.5000; it highlights the entire > teat > area. > Bring back the "one click" hylight tool!!!!!!!! > > By the way, I suggest an English grammar class for you help text writers! > "Never end a sentence in a preposition! > > "Sue Roberts" wrote: > >> I have a text box in a Powerpoint slide in which I would like to >> highlight >> just one sentence. I can't seem to find the same 'highlight' tool that >> is >> available in WORD. >> Is there a way to highlight specific text in a text box in PowerPoint. >> >> Thanks, Sue. >>     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Steve Rindsberg 4/13/2009 7:11 AM PST   In article <167E7C4F-6457-4C33-B9D3-752830960D07@microsoft.com>, Rich Craig wrote: > This DOES NOT work in PP2007 (12.0.6307.5000; it highlights the entire teat > area. > Bring back the "one click" hylight tool!!!!!!!! In PowerPoint? Which tool was that? > By the way, I suggest an English grammar class for you help text writers! We're not help text writers. We're volunteers, not MS employees. > "Never end a sentence in a preposition! Try googling that very phrase. I think you'll find a concensus that applying Latin grammar to the English language is foolishess up with which we should not put. > > "Sue Roberts" wrote: > > > I have a text box in a Powerpoint slide in which I would like to highlight > > just one sentence. I can't seem to find the same 'highlight' tool that is > > available in WORD. > > Is there a way to highlight specific text in a text box in PowerPoint. > > > > Thanks, Sue. > > ============================== PPT Frequently Asked Questions http://www.pptfaq.com/ PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.pptools.com/     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Philmartin57 8/18/2009 11:39 PM PST   I accidentally found a way of doing this. Draft your text in word complete with highlights. Copy it, go to PPT, open a text box, past special RTF. It preserves all the formatting (font, size, etc.) and you can use the format painter to adjust it. This works in the notes too.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           no-spam-for-hkjffekafphdkdoemehepegkppbo 8/19/2009 3:35 PM PST   pasting the format from Word doesn't seem to work in PP2003. Perhaps it's only for 2007? Brian. In article <CC742458-84AF-4506-A46C-0A2AACEE7699@microsoft.com>, Philmartin57@discussions.microsoft.com (Philmartin57) wrote: > *From:* Philmartin57 <Philmartin57@discussions.microsoft.com> > *Date:* Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:40:01 -0700 > > I accidentally found a way of doing this. Draft your text in word > complete with highlights. Copy it, go to PPT, open a text box, past > special RTF. It preserves all the formatting (font, size, etc.) and > you can use the format painter to adjust it. This works in the > notes too.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           jenashley_18 10/27/2009 12:32 PM PST   "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: > In article <167E7C4F-6457-4C33-B9D3-752830960D07@microsoft.com>, Rich Craig > wrote: > > This DOES NOT work in PP2007 (12.0.6307.5000; it highlights the entire teat > > area. > > Bring back the "one click" hylight tool!!!!!!!! > > In PowerPoint? Which tool was that? > > > By the way, I suggest an English grammar class for you help text writers! > > We're not help text writers. We're volunteers, not MS employees. > > > "Never end a sentence in a preposition! > > Try googling that very phrase. I think you'll find a concensus that applying > Latin grammar to the English language is foolishess up with which we should not > put. > > > > > > "Sue Roberts" wrote: > > > > > I have a text box in a Powerpoint slide in which I would like to highlight > > > just one sentence. I can't seem to find the same 'highlight' tool that is > > > available in WORD. > > > Is there a way to highlight specific text in a text box in PowerPoint. > > > > > > Thanks, Sue. > > > > > > ============================== > PPT Frequently Asked Questions > http://www.pptfaq.com/ > > PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint > http://www.pptools.com/ > > Actually, you can highlight text in PPT 2007. The way to do it is to add animation effects of changing the font color and you can even make it bold at the same time. This is as close as it gets to highlighting text. The problem I'm having is that after my text is animated a couple letters at the end are cut off. Does this happen to anyone else? And do you know how to fix it? Jen     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies