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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / February 2006Is it possible to highlight text?
I'd like to highlight just some of the text in a cell - not the entire thing. Thanks Select the cell and in the edit bar you can then select (highlight) some of the text with the mouse and format how you wish, eg bold, different colour, different background colour, different font/font size etc. Hope this helps. Pete This will NOT work in a formula. Works only if all text.  SignatureDon Guillett SalesAid Software dguillett1@austin.rr.com > Select the cell and in the edit bar you can then select (highlight) > some of the text with the mouse and format how you wish, eg bold, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Pete Thanks > This will NOT work in a formula. Works only if all text. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> Pete Thank you > Select the cell and in the edit bar you can then select (highlight) > some of the text with the mouse and format how you wish, eg bold, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Pete I know that it may be smacking me in the face but I don't see an option for highlight - I am running Excel 2003 - I do see the cell fill and bold and underline but nothing for text highlight. > I'd like to highlight just some of the text in a cell - not the entire > thing. > > Thanks You can click anywhere in the edit bar and the cursor will be placed at that point. Then you can hold the mouse button down while moving the cursor, or you can hold <SHIFT> down while pressing the <arrow> keys (more precise). Once you have higlighted the text you want in this way, just click on the formatting features you wish (colour, bold etc). Hope this helps. Pete Ahh - I see why my question is not clear. I want to format text as HIGHLIGHTED - like the markers you used in college to bring attention to a particular sentence or term. > You can click anywhere in the edit bar and the cursor will be placed at > that point. Then you can hold the mouse button down while moving the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Pete Well, you want something like a pale yellow or pale green background colour. Select your portion of the text as described above, then select the background colour you want for this part of the text. You might want to set the foreground as bold to stand out more. Pete How do I select the background color for that portion of the text? > Well, you want something like a pale yellow or pale green background > colour. Select your portion of the text as described above, then select > the background colour you want for this part of the text. You might > want to set the foreground as bold to stand out more. > > Pete I've just tried to do it and discovered that Excel will not allow you to change the background colour for a portion of the text - sorry for misleading you. You can, however, change foreground colour and bold/italic/underline effects etc, so you will have to emphasise your partial text this way. Hope this helps. Pete At least I know why I was having such a hard time figuring out how to do it. > I've just tried to do it and discovered that Excel will not allow you > to change the background colour for a portion of the text - sorry for [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Pete |
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