This Word tutorial explains how to markup text with a highlighter effect in Word 2011 for Mac (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

Highlight text in Pages on Mac With Pages open to the document where you want to highlight some text, follow the steps below. 1) Select the text by dragging through it or double-clicking it. 2) Click Insert Highlight from the menu bar or use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Command + H.

1. In Word 2010 to 2016 you'll see an extra item on the menu, right at the bottom: Click Select All from the menu to highlight an entire document. To get rid of highlighted text, click anywhere in your document with your left mouse button. An easier way to highlight all the text in your document is via a keyboard shortcut.
2. Blogger Diana Huggins highlights a handy tip in Microsoft Word for selecting text vertically rather than the traditional horizontal select we're all used to.
3. Click Find in the Editing group or press Ctrl+F to open the Navigation pane. From the text dropdown, choose Options and then check the Highlight All setting (Figure B), and click OK.
4. I am another user annoyed by this limitation. I work with word a lot and indeed, quire often I need another color of highlighting selected text as it depends on the text color used. With so many other color schemes, features ect it is unthinkable Microsoft would get us back in time of dos!

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Question: In Word 2011 for Mac, how do I make text appear as if it was marked with a highlighter pen?

Answer:Select the text that you'd like to mark with a highlighter pen. Then select the Home tab in the toolbar at the top of the screen. Then click on the arrow to the right of the Text Highlight Color button in the Font group. A popup window should appear. Select the color that you'd like your highlighter to be.

Select All Text In Word Mac

Now when you view your document, the text should appear as if it was marked with a highlighter.

Preview User Guide

You can use the highlight, underline, and strikethrough text tools to draw attention to text in a PDF. These marks are often used in conjunction with speech bubbles and notes.

Highlighting All Text In Word For Mac

Highlight, underline, or strike though text

1. In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF you want to change.

2. Do any of the following:

   • Quickly highlight, underline, or strike through text: Select text, click the down arrow next to the Highlight button , then choose a highlight color, underline, or strikethrough.

   • Use highlight mode: Click the Highlight button (so it turns gray), click the down arrow next to the Highlight button, then choose a highlight color, underline, or strikethrough. Now, whenever you select some text, the highlighting style you chose is automatically applied to the text.

     To turn off highlighting, click the highlight tool again.

   • Remove a highlight, an underline, or a strikethrough: Control-click the text, then choose Remove item from the shortcut menu.

View all the highlights in a PDF

Highlighting All Text In Word For Mac Shortcut

1. In the Preview app on your Mac, open the PDF you want to change.

2. Choose View > Highlights and Notes (so Highlights and Notes has a checkmark next to it). Each section of highlighted text appears in the sidebar.

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