3 Ways to Change Highlight Color in Word
- Using the Text Highlight Color button
- Using the Context Menu
- Using the Find and Replace dialogue box
Method 1: Using the Text Highlight Color button
Step 1: Open your Word document.
Step 2: Select the text.
Now that your document is ready, select the text that you want the highlight color changed.
You can quickly select a text by double clicking on it.
Step 3. Access the Text Highlight Color drop-down button.
While the text is selected, click the drop-down button next to the Text Highlight Color button in the Home tab.
This will display the highlight colors available. Click the color that you prefer.
Method 2: Using the Context Menu
Step 1: Open up a Word document.
Step 2: Select the text.
Once your document is ready, go ahead and select the text that you want the highlight color changed.
Step 3: Access the Context Menu.
Right-click on the text and click the Text Highlight Color drop-down button.
Select the color that you prefer from the drop-down menu.
Method 3: Using the Find and Replace Dialogue Box
This is most suitable if you have multiple highlighted text across your document. Note that if you have different highlight colors in your document, this method can replace all of that with the same color.
You can also replace batches of highlighted recurring words with a different uniform color. To do this, you can skip to the “Changing Highlight Color of Recurring Text in Word” section.
With that introduction, let’s get to it.
Step 1: Open your Word document.
Step 2: Launch the Find and Replace dialogue box.
Go to the Home tab and click the Replace button.
This will launch the Find and Replace dialogue box in the middle of your window.
Step 3: Change the highlight color.
On the dialogue box, click inside the Find What field then click the More>> button to display more options.
After that, click the Format drop-down menu at the bottom left of the dialogue box and select Highlight.
You’ve done it successfully if you see the word ‘Highlight’ under the Find what field.
Now, click inside the Replace with field and repeat the same step.
Finally, click the Text Highlight Color drop-down menu while your cursor is still in the Replace with field. Then, select the color you prefer.
Click the Replace All button to replace all highlight colors at once. Click the Replace button to change highlight color one by one. Otherwise, click the Cancel button.
Remove Text Highlight Color in Word
If you want to remove a few text highlight color in your document, simply repeat either the first and second method.
However, you’ll have to select the No Color option instead.
To remove all text highlight color in a document, simply hit the CTRL + A keys in your document.
This will select all contents of your document. Now, click the Text Highlight Color drop-down menu and select the No Color option.
Changing the Highlight Color of Recurring Text in Word
To do so, you’ll simply have to repeat the steps in method 3 with one single revision.
On the Find and Replace dialogue box, type the recurring text in the Find what field.
Then, click inside the Replace with field and click the Text Highlight Color drop-down menu to change the color.
For this example, we’ll replace the highlight color of the text “amet”.
When that’s done, click the Replace All button to apply the changes. Or, click the Cancel button if you changed your mind.
If you want to learn how to use the Find and Replace functions better, check out the “How to Find and Replace Text in MS Word” article.
Conclusion
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