How to highlight text in Google Sheets

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Google Sheets provides many ways to format text. You may want to draw the reader’s attention to a particular piece of information on a sheet by highlighting the text. Google Sheets does not provide a way to highlight the text alone, but there are 2 ways in which you can make the text stand out. One is to change the color of the cell and the second is to change the color of the text.

Option 1 – Change the color of the cell

Step 1 – Open the color palette

• Select the cell containing the text to be highlighted
• Click on the Fill color button on the ribbon

Step 2 – Select a color

• Choose a color from the palette by clicking on it

Step 3 – Check the result

• The background of the cell changes to the chosen color
• The text is now highlighted

Option 2 – Change the color of the text

Step 1 – Open the color palette

• Select the cell containing the text to be highlighted
• Click on the Text color button on the ribbon

Step 2 – Select a color

• Choose a color from the palette by clicking on it

Step 3 – Check the result

• The color of the text changes to the chosen color
• The text is now highlighted