Under which tab on the Ribbon will you find settings to change the color font and background themes for slides?
Working with themesThemes in PowerPoint provide a suite of design settings and style definitions that give your slides a consistent look and feel. You can apply a theme in a single action, putting in place background graphics, colors, fonts, and effects. The gallery of themes located on the Design tab helps you preview and choose the best look for your presentation. You can further adjust the look of a presentation by choosing another color combination in the Variants group. Show
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5 Different Strategies to Highlight Text in PowerPointby Avantix Learning Team | Updated August 24, 2021 Applies to: Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows) You can highlight text in PowerPoint in many different ways. If you have PowerPoint 2019 or 365, Text Highlight Color is available on the Home tab in the Ribbon. For those with older versions (without a Highlight command in the Ribbon), you'll need to use other strategies to highlight text. In this article, we'll review 5 ways to highlight text in PowerPoint. Most of these strategies will work in all versions. A word of caution – highlighting uses color as a way to focus attention. However, some members of your audience may not be able to see color so you may want to combine highlighting with another effect such as bold. Also, keep in mind that highlighting is only one way to focus attention. You can use many strategies in PowerPoint to focus attention including creating hierarchy, drawing lines, creating spotlight effects, inserting images and adding animations. Note: Buttons and Ribbon tabs may display in a different way (with or without text) depending on the size of your screen and your Control Panel settings. For PowerPoint 365 users, Ribbon tabs may appear with different names. For example, the Picture Tools Format tab may appear as Picture Format and the Drawing Tools Format tab may appear as Drawing Format or Shape Format. Recommended article: 15 Shortcuts to Select Text in PowerPoint Do you want to learn more about PowerPoint? Check out our virtual classroom or live classroom PowerPoint courses > Option 1: Apply and remove highlighting (for PowerPoint 2019 or 365 users)If you have PowerPoint 2019 or 365, the Text Highlight Color command is available in the Ribbon in PowerPoint. You would typically apply highlighting in Normal view. Below is the Home tab in the Ribbon (for 365 and 2019) with the Text Highlight Color command in the Font group: To highlight text in PowerPoint 2019 or 365:
Below is the Text Highlight Color command in PowerPoint for Office 365 subscribers: To highlight multiple non-contiguous text selections:
To remove highlighting from text:
Option 2: Copy Microsoft Word highlighting to PowerPoint (for PowerPoint 2010, 2013 or 2016 users)If you have PowerPoint 2010, 2013 or 2016 and are not an Office 365 subscriber, the Text Highlight Color command is not available in the Ribbon. However, you can copy highlighting from Microsoft Word and paste it into your PowerPoint slides. You would typically apply highlighting in Normal view. To copy highlighting from Word to PowerPoint:
Below is the Paste Source Formatting option in PowerPoint (available in all versions): Below is a sample of highlighted text copied from Microsoft Word: To remove highlighting you have copied from Microsoft Word from text in PowerPoint:
Option 3: Draw a shape around the text you want to highlight (all versions)Another way to highlight text is to draw a shape (such as a rectangle) around the text you want to highlight and then send it behind the text (you can also fill a text box or placeholder with a color). To highlight text by drawing a basic shape around it:
Below is a sample of a rectangle shape used to highlight text: To highlight text by drawing a custom shape around it:
Below is a sample of a custom shape used to highlight text: Option 4: Apply a glow effect to text (all versions)You can also apply the Glow text effect as an alternative to highlighting. To highlight text by applying the Glow text effect:
Below is the drop-down menu with Glow variations: Option 5: Draw on slides during a slide show using the Highlighter tool (all versions)Another way that you can apply highlighting is to use the Highlighter tool when you are running a slide show. This is called ink annotation. The Highlighter tool creates lines that start out in yellow, are semi-transparent and are thicker than lines created with the Pen tool. You can access the Highlighter tool using the context menu (below) during a slide show. To use the Highlighter tool and draw on a slide during a slide show:
Below is a sample of highlighting applied during a slide show: To change the color of the Highlighter:
If you'd like to learn more about this and other ink annotation tools, check out How to Draw on PowerPoint Slides on the Fly during a Presentation (Using Ink). This article was first published on March 31, 2018 and has been updated for clarity and content. Subscribe to get more articles like this oneDid you find this article helpful? If you would like to receive new articles, join our email list. More resourcesHow to Group and Ungroup in PowerPoint (with Shortcuts) How to Highlight Text with Emphasis Animation How to Break, Update or Change Links to Excel Charts or Worksheets in PowerPoint How to Remove the Background from a Picture in PowerPoint (2 Ways) How to Make a Picture Transparent in PowerPoint (3 Ways) Related coursesMicrosoft PowerPoint: Intermediate / Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint: Design for Non-Designers Microsoft PowerPoint: Animations Bootcamp Microsoft Excel: Intermediate / Advanced VIEW MORE COURSES > Our instructor-led courses are delivered in virtual classroom format or at our downtown Toronto location at 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (some in-person classroom courses may also be delivered at an alternate downtown Toronto location). Contact us at if you'd like to arrange custom instructor-led virtual classroom or onsite training on a date that's convenient for you. Copyright 2022 Avantix® Learning Microsoft, the Microsoft logo, Microsoft Office and related Microsoft applications and logos are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in Canada, US and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of the registered owners. Avantix Learning |18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 1C4 | Contact us at Which tab on the Ribbon where we can find the different themes?All themes included in PowerPoint are located in the Themes group on the Design tab. Themes can be applied or changed at any time.. Select the Design tab on the Ribbon, then locate the Themes group. ... . Click the More drop-down arrow to see all available themes.. How can you change the Colour of the background of a slide?Change background color
Choose a slide. At the top, click Slide Change background. To the right of "Color," click the box and choose a color. You can select a hex code or manually adjust the color, hue, and transparency.
Where is the Ribbon tab in PowerPoint?Ribbon is located on the top of the PowerPoint window just below the Title bar. It is made up of seven tabs; Home, Insert, Design, Animations, Slide Show, Review and View.
How do you change the color of the slides on Google Slides?Double-tap the slide you want to change. In the top right, tap More Change theme. Tap the theme you want.
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