How to highlight text in Excel

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Excel provides many ways to format text in Excel. You may want to draw the reader’s attention to a particular piece of information on a sheet by highlighting the text. To do this, you can change the color of the cell so that it stands out.

Option 1 – Use the fill option on the ribbon

  • Select the text  to be highlighted
  • Go to Home > Font
  • Expand the fill menu 
  • Select one of the colors displayed or use the More Colors option to explore other choices

Option 2 – Use the format option

Step 1 – Select the range

  • Select the text to be highlighted
  • Right-click to access the context menu and select Format Cells or go to Home > Cells > Format

Step 2 – Select the color

  • In the Format Cells window, go to the Fill tab
  • Select one of the colors displayed or use the More Colors option to explore other choices
  • Click OK

Step 3 – Check the result

  • The text is highlighted with the selected color by changing the color of the cell

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