Revolutionize Your Google Docs Strategy with a Simple Trick to Highlight Like a Pro!

Are you tired of using the same old highlighting techniques in Google Docs? Do you feel like your highlighting skills are not up to par with your colleagues’? Fear not, because we have a simple trick that will revolutionize the way you highlight in Google Docs and make you a pro in no time!

First things first, let’s review the basics of highlighting in Google Docs. To highlight, select the text you want to highlight, and click on the highlight button in the toolbar. You can choose from different color options to highlight your text in a variety of shades.

While this may seem like the only way to highlight in Google Docs, there is actually a hidden feature that will take your highlighting game to the next level. This feature is called the “text highlighter.” By using this trick, you can highlight entire blocks of text with a simple click.

To use the text highlighter, first, select the text you want to highlight. Next, click on the “paint format” button in the toolbar. This will activate the text highlighter. You will notice that your cursor turns into a paintbrush icon.

Now, select the text you want to highlight with the text highlighter. Once you have highlighted the text, simply click on the “paint format” button again to deactivate the text highlighter.

Using the text highlighter, you can easily highlight multiple paragraphs with a single click. This will save you time and effort, especially when highlighting long documents. Additionally, you can also use the text highlighter to match the formatting of your highlighted text to another section of your document.

In conclusion, by using the text highlighter, you can revolutionize your Google Docs strategy and highlight like a pro. This hidden feature will save you time and effort and help you create professional-looking documents. Give it a try and see how it transforms your highlighting experience!

This article covers how to highlight text in Google Docs using a desktop web browser and the mobile app.

What to Know

  • Desktop: Select the text you want to highlight. Locate the highlighter tool from the menu. Pick a color.
  • Mobile: Tap edit button. Select text, tap the highlighter icon > Highlight color, and choose a color.
  • Docs not only supports your standard yellow highlight but any color you can fathom since hex values are supported.

Highlighting Text on Desktop

If you’re using Docs from the website, choose some text and then pick a color from the highlighter button.

Here’s how:

  • Select the text you want to highlight.
  • Highlighting is sometimes used to mean selecting. If you want to select all the text, go to Edit > Select all or click and drag from one part of the document to another to grab everything in between.
  • Locate the highlighter tool from the menu. It’s in the same area as the bold/italic/underline section, to the text color changer’s right.
  • If you don’t see it, it’s hidden in the overflow menu; find it through the three-dotted button on the far right of the menu.
  • Pick a color. The text will immediately become highlighted.
  • If you don’t see one from the list that you want to use, select the plus button at the bottom; you can adjust the hue or enter the color’s hex value for an exact match.

Highlighter Add-ons

There are also Google Docs add-ons that provide highlighting functionality if you want extra features. Highlight Tool is one example that provides several options you can’t get with Docs’ built-in highlighter:

Select the text you want to highlight.

Highlighting is sometimes used to mean selecting. If you want to select all the text, go to Edit > Select all or click and drag from one part of the document to another to grab everything in between.

Locate the highlighter tool from the menu. It’s in the same area as the bold/italic/underline section, to the text color changer’s right.

If you don’t see it, it’s hidden in the overflow menu; find it through the three-dotted button on the far right of the menu.

Pick a color. The text will immediately become highlighted.

If you don’t see one from the list that you want to use, select the plus button at the bottom; you can adjust the hue or enter the color’s hex value for an exact match.

  • Save colors to a library. You could make a set called Answers, for example, and build red and green buttons for highlighting wrong and right answers in a school worksheet.Choose a color set from your library to provide quick access to its buttons in the sidebar.Import and export specific color sets or your whole library. You or someone else can then import the highlighter sets into Google Docs for color consistency between documents, great for collaborators.

Highlight in Google Docs Mobile App

The mobile app requires a few more steps than the website to show the highlighter menu.

  • With the document open, tap the edit button at the bottom to enter into editing mode.
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  • Double-tap a word to highlight it. To expand the selection, drag the buttons on either side to include additional text.
  • Select A from the menu at the top, or the highlighter icon from the menu at the bottom.
  • In the new menu at the bottom, scroll down, select Highlight color, and choose a color.
  • Repeat steps 2–4 as many times as needed.
  • Tap somewhere else in the document to exit that menu. If you’re done editing, select the checkmark at the top left to save.

With the document open, tap the edit button at the bottom to enter into editing mode.

Double-tap a word to highlight it. To expand the selection, drag the buttons on either side to include additional text.

Select A from the menu at the top, or the highlighter icon from the menu at the bottom.

In the new menu at the bottom, scroll down, select Highlight color, and choose a color.

Repeat steps 2–4 as many times as needed.

Tap somewhere else in the document to exit that menu. If you’re done editing, select the checkmark at the top left to save.

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