How to Highlight Text in Google Slides

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May 5, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to add color highlights to text in Google Slides.

Quick summary

Learn how to highlight text in Google Slides by selecting your content and applying a highlight color from the toolbar. This built-in formatting feature lets you visually emphasize key words or objects directly inside your presentation.

Steps

In the left slide panel, select the slide you want to edit.
On the slide canvas, click the object or text you want to highlight.
Highlight the text, or select the object you want to format.
In the top toolbar, click the Highlight colour icon.
Choose your preferred color from the color options.
Your selected text or object is now highlighted.

📌 Why this matters

Highlighting text in Google Slides is a quick formatting technique that helps presenters draw attention to critical information, key terms, or important data points within a slide. By using the built-in Highlight colour tool, users can visually organize content without leaving the Google Slides editor. This feature is especially valuable for educators, business professionals, and teams who need to create clear, emphasis-driven presentations. Mastering text highlighting in Google Slides improves slide readability and helps audiences focus on the most important content at a glance.

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