Now you can remove highlight from text almost as if you were using a conventional eraser.įigure 4: The highlighter cursor works as an eraser

Your cursor will turn into a highlighter, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 4, below.Click the No Color option in this gallery, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 2, previously on this page. Doing so opens the Text Highlight Color gallery.

Now, access the Home tab of the Ribbon, and click the downward point arrow button adjacent to the Text Highlight Color button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2, previously on this page.Ensure that you have a blinking insertion cursor, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3, below. Also, do not select any words, and also do not select even an empty space. Next, click anywhere within this text box or placeholder ensuring that you do not select the entire text box or placeholder. Select the text box or placeholder that contains non-contiguous text from which you want to remove highlighting.If your text is non-contiguously highlighted, follow these instructions to remove the highlighting: Remove Highlight from Non-Contiguous Text Doing so removes the highlight from selected text.Click the No Color option in this gallery, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 2.

Next, access the Home tab of the Ribbon, and click the downward point arrow button adjacent to the Text Highlight Color button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2, below.

Select the highlighted text, as shown in Figure 1, below.įigure 1: Select existing text that is highlighted.

Remove Highlight from Contiguous Textįollow these steps to remove highlight from contiguous text within PowerPoint 365 for Windows: How you remove the highlighting may differ, depending upon whether you are working with contiguous or non-contiguous segments of text.

Once you have highlighted your text in PowerPoint, you may need to remove the highlighting at some point in time.

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