Is 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.

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"Pete_UK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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
>

Thank you

"Pete_UK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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
>

Thanks

"Don Guillett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This will NOT work in a formula. Works only if all text.
>
> --
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> [email protected]
> "Pete_UK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> 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
>>
>
>

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.
"Boe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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.

"Pete_UK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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
>

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?

"Pete_UK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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.

"Pete_UK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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
>