Word 2013 For Dummies
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Word 2013comes with a digital highlighter pen that lets you mark up and colorize the text in your document without damaging your computer monitor. To highlight your text, abide by these steps:

Click the Home tab.

You will see several font options.

Click the Text Highlight button in the Font group.

Click the Text Highlight button in the Font group.

The mouse pointer changes to a — but the point is that Word is now in Highlighting mode.

Drag the mouse over the text you want to highlight.

The text becomes highlighted — just like using a highlighter on regular paper, but far neater.

Click the Text Highlight button again to return the mouse to normal operation.

Click the Text Highlight button again to return the mouse to normal operation.

Or press the Esc key to exit Highlighting mode.

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