How To Highlight Text On Your MacBook Air

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Are you looking for a powerful laptop that’s both light and thin? Then the MacBook Air is the perfect choice for you! This ultra-portable laptop is packed with features, including the ability to easily highlight text. Whether you’re writing a paper or editing an image, the MacBook Air makes it easy to add emphasis to your work. Here’s how to highlight on a Macbook Air:

1. Select the text you want to highlight. Use your mouse or trackpad to click and drag over the text you want to emphasize. Alternatively, you can use keyboard shortcuts such as Shift+Left or Right Arrow, Shift+Up or Down Arrow, and Shift+Command+Up or Down Arrow.

2. In the Format sidebar, click the Style button near the top.

3. In the Font section, click. Next to Text Background, click either the color well on the left or the color wheel on the right and choose a color.

4. The selected text should now be highlighted in that color! If you want to change it back at any time, just repeat steps 2 and 3 with a different color or no background at all (just leave it blank).

The MacBook Air is an amazing device that makes it easier than ever to get things done quickly and effectively – highlighting included! So go ahead and give it a try today – you won’t be disappointed!

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Highlighting Text on a Mac Keyboard

Highlighting text on a Mac keyboard is a quick and easy process. To highlight text, start by placing your cursor at the beginning of the desired text, then press and hold the Shift key. While holding down the Shift key, use either the left or right arrow keys to select a single character or multiple characters of text. To highlight an entire line of text, press and hold the Shift key and then use either the up or down arrow keys. Lastly, to highlight all of the text above or below your cursor, press and hold both the Shift key and Command key while using either the up or down arrow keys.

Highlighting Color on a Mac

To highlight text in color on a Mac, you first need to select the text you want to highlight. Then, go to the Format sidebar and click the Style button near the top. In the Font section, click the color well on the left or the color wheel on the right and choose a color. Once you have selected your desired color, click anywhere in your document to apply it to your highlighted text. You can also highlight all of your text at once by pressing ? A. Finally, press? C to copy your highlighted text so that you can paste it anywhere else you prefer.

Highlighting Text with a Keyboard

The “Shift” key is used to highlight text. To do this, hold down the “Shift” key and use either the left or right arrow keys to select the text you want to highlight. You can select one character at a time by holding the “Shift” key while using an arrow key, or you can hold down the “Ctrl” key and the “Shift” key together to select a word at a time.

Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Highlight Color

The shortcut for applying a highlight color is Ctrl+Shift+L, Ctrl+Shift+H, or Ctrl+Shift+K. These shortcuts will apply a light yellow, dark yellow, or light green highlight color respectively.

Highlighting Text in Yellow on Mac

To highlight in yellow on a Mac, start by selecting the text you want to highlight. Then, open the Format sidebar and click on the Style button near the top. In the Font section, click on the color well or color wheel and select a yellow hue from the list of colors. Finally, click “Apply” to apply your selection to your highlighted text.

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James Walker has a deep passion for technology and is our in-house enthusiastic editor. He graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and loves to test the latest gadgets and play with older software (something we’re still trying to figure out about himself). Hailing from Iowa, United States, James loves cats and is an avid hiker in his free time.