Just make sure to choose the following paste option: Paste and keep source formatting. If your PowerPoint version doesn’t support the highlighting feature, you can apply highlight settings in Word and then copy paste the text to PowerPoint. If your presentation was saved in PDF format, use this PDF to PPT converter to convert your presentation back to PowerPoint. To turn off the highlighter, just press the Esc button. Choose the color and then click on the text area on the slide. If you need to highlight text that is not consequent, don’t select the text first but click on the arrow we mentioned above. Choose the highlight color and the selected text will be marked with that color. It is very easy to do that: first select the text you want to highlight and then select the arrow that stands next to the “abc” icon. The following guide is only for PowerPoint 2016, for Office 365 subscribers. First we will explain how to highlight in PowerPoint 2016 (only for Office 365 subscribers), and then we will show you some secrets how to do that without Office 365.

If you rely on Microsoft Office to create presentations, here is a guide on how to highlight in PowerPoint. Highlighting is useful when you want to emphasize specific parts of a presentation.

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