How to highlight text on pages

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Add comments and highlight text
Add a comment
Set the author name and comment color
Highlight text
Show and hide comments
Review comments and highlights
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How do you highlight in different colors on Apple Pages?
How do I highlight text in Pages Windows?
How do you highlight text in Pages on IPAD?

Add comments and highlight text

You and others can add comments to text, objects, charts, and table cells. Comments are useful for making notes to yourself, asking questions of reviewers, conveying editorial suggestions, and so on.

You can also highlight text and then comment on it. When you don’t want comments and highlights to be visible, you can hide them. When they’re showing, you can use the reviewing tools to read and edit them.

Add a comment

Commented text uses a color unique to the comment’s author. Objects and table cells with comments have a comment marker.

Select text or click where you want to add a comment, then click Comment
in the toolbar.
A comment appears.
Enter your comment, then click outside the comment to dismiss it.
Do any of the following:
- Read a comment: Move the pointer over the comment.
- Open the comment and leave it open: Click the highlighted text, icon, or marker.
- Remove a comment: Click Delete in the comment.

Set the author name and comment color

Choose Pages > Preferences (from the Pages menu at the top of your computer screen), then click General.
Enter a name in the Author field.
To change the author color, choose View > Comments and Changes > Author Color (from the View menu at the top of your computer screen), then choose a color.

You can also choose an author color from the

menu in the review toolbar when change tracking is on.

Highlight text

You can highlight text and then add comments to it.

Select the text, then choose Insert > Highlight (from the Insert menu at the top of your computer screen), or click Highlight in the review toolbar.
The review toolbar is visible only if there are already tracked changes, comments, or highlights in the document.
To add a comment, click the text and type a comment.

To remove the highlight, click the highlighted text, then click Delete in the comment.

Note: If you need a highlight to appear in printed documents, then add a color behind the text. This type of highlighting isn’t tracked in the review toolbar.

Show and hide comments

Click View
in the toolbar, then choose either Show Comments or Hide Comments.

If change tracking is on and you hide comments, the review toolbar still appears, but comments aren’t included in the navigation.

Review comments and highlights

Do either of the following:

Click the arrows in the review toolbar to jump to the previous or next comment or highlight.

Double-click a comment or highlight, then use the arrows in the comment to jump to the previous or next comment, highlight, or change (if change tracking is turned on).

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Do you want to bring attention to a certain sentence in your Pages document? If you want to highlight text temporarily, such as when you're commenting on shared Pages document, you can use the Shift + Command + H shortcut to highlight any selected text temporarily. If you're not using Pages' document review features and just want to bring attention to certain text, you can easily add a more permanent highlighting effect by changing a text selection's background color. This wikiHow article will teach you 2 easy ways to highlight text in Pages on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

1
Open your document in Pages. If you're using Pages' document review features to track changes and/or want to temporarily highlight text for attention, you can use this method to highlight any text passage in your document.[1]
- If you want to highlight text and keep the highlighting visible in your final document, you'll need to add a background color to that text instead.
- If you're working on a shared Pages document with multiple people, each person's highlights will have a different color. You can change your author color in the View menu under Comments & Changes > Author Color.[2]
2

Select the text you want to highlight. You can do this by clicking and dragging your mouse over the text you want to highlight.
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3

Press ⇧ Shift+⌘ Command+H on your keyboard. This instantly highlights the selected text.
- You can also highlight the text by clicking the Insert menu and selecting Highlight.
- To remove a highlight, hover the cursor over the highlighted area and click Delete.
- If you'd like to attach a comment, hover the mouse cursor over the highlighted text and click Add a comment. When you're finished typing your comment, click Done to close the comment window.

1
Open your document in Pages. If you want to highlight text and keep the highlighting in your final document, you can add a background color to any selected text. To get started, double-click a Pages document to open it in Pages, or launch Pages first and select the document from the File > Open menu.
- Pages has an orange icon with a pen, and you'll find it on your Launchpad.
- Alternatively, you can open Pages using any web browser at https://www.icloud.com/pages. You can use the browser application to edit any Pages documents you have saved to your iCloud account.
2

Select the text you want to highlight. To do so, simply click and drag over the text that you want to highlight. This will temporarily highlight the text.
- If the text is in a text box or a shape, click the text box or shape instead.
3

Click the Format tab. It's the paintbrush icon in the upper-right corner. This displays the Format panel to the right.
4

Click Style. You'll see this near the top of the Format sidebar.[3]
5

Click the gear icon in the Font section. It's next to the bold ("B"), italic ("I"), underline ("
U
"), and strikethrough ("
S
") buttons in the Format menu to the right. This opens the Advanced Options menu.
6

Select a color from the "Text Background" area. You'll see a black and white button at the bottom of the window, and a color wheel icon next to it. You can click this button to choose from a few colored swatches for a quick change, or select a custom color by clicking the color wheel icon. Once selected, the background of the selected text will change to give the selected text a highlight effect.
- If you're using Pages in your web browser, check the box next to "Text Background," then click the color picker.[4]
- If you have a text box or shape selected, click the colored box next to "Fill" in the Format panel to the right to select a color for the entire text box or shape.
- To remove the background color, click the swatch icon that resembles a white square with a red line through it.

1
Open Pages. If you just want to bring attention to a sentence or passage but don't want the highlighting to appear in your final document, you can use Pages' document review features to temporarily highlight text. Pages has an orange icon with a white pen.
- This tool is great for working on shared documents on which you need to leave comments or call attention to specific text.
- Pages is available for free from the App Store. If you haven't already done so, go ahead and download Pages from the Apps Store.
2
Open a document. Tap any document on the Documents page to open it. By default, documents that you save on your Mac are automatically saved to your iCloud account.
- Alternatively, you can tap Create Document to create a new document.
3
Select the text you want to highlight. Tap a word to select it, then tap and drag the text marker (which is a blue dot with a line) on either side of the highlighted word to select additional text. Once you've selected some text, a black menu bar will pop up.
- If the text is in a text box or shape, tap the text box or shape instead.
4
Tap Highlight on the black menu bar. If you don't see this option, tap the right-arrow on the right side of the menu bar to view additional options. Once selected, the text will be highlighted.
- Tapping the highlighted text gives you the opportunity to add a comment for your reference.
- If you want to delete the highlight, just select the text and tap Delete at the bottom below your name.

1
Open Pages. If you want to highlight text and keep the highlighting in your final document, you can add a background color to any selected text. Pages has an orange icon with a white pen.
- Pages is available for free from the App Store. If you haven't already done so, go ahead and download Pages from the Apps Store.
2
Open a document. Tap any document on the Documents page to open it. By default, documents that you save on your Mac are automatically saved to your iCloud account.
- Alternatively, you can tap Create Document to create a new document.
3
Select the text you want to highlight. To do so, tap and hold a word to select it. Then tap and drag the text markers on either side of the text to highlight the entire section you want to highlight.
- If the text is in a text box or shape, tap the text box or shape instead.
4
Tap the Paintbrush icon. It's at the top of the page. This opens the Format menu.
5
Tap ⋯. It's the button with three dots next to the bold ("B"), italic ("I"), underline ("
U
"), and strikethrough ("
S
") buttons in the Format menu. This opens the Advanced Options menu.
- If you have a text box or a shape selected, tap the colored box next to "Fill" instead.
6
Scroll down and tap Text Background. It's at the bottom of the Advanced Options menu. This opens a pop-up with colored swatches you can select.
7
Tap Preset or Color. These are the two tabs at the top of the Text Background color pop-up. Preset allows you to select a color that matches the template you are using. Color gives you a wider range of colors to select from.
8
Tap a color. Tap any one of the colored swatches to select a background color for your text. This changes the background color for the text you have selected and creates a highlight effect.
- You can swipe right on the color swatches to display more color options.
- To remove a background, open the Text Background color options, and tap the Preset tab. Then swipe right and tap the No Fill option

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1. Open a document in Pages.
2. Select the text you want to highlight.
3. Click or tap the icon that resembles a paintbrush.
4. Click the gear icon or tap the icon with three dots next to the text format buttons.
5. Scroll down and click or tap the colored box next to "Text Background".
6. Tap a color to change the text background and create a highlight effect.

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How do you highlight in different colors on Apple Pages?

Add a highlight effect to text in Pages on Mac.

Select the text you want to highlight. ... .

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

In the Font section, click ..

Next to Text Background, click either the colour well on the left or the colour wheel on the right and choose a colour..

How do I highlight text in Pages Windows?

Position the mouse cursor at the beginning of the text, click and hold the mouse button, drag to the end of the text, then let go of the mouse button. You can also select text by holding down Shift and then moving the cursor with the arrow keys. Click Insert > Highlight on the menu bar. Your text is now highlighted.

How do you highlight text in Pages on IPAD?

Add a highlight: Select text, then tap Highlight. Remove a highlight: Double-tap the highlighted text, then tap Remove Highlight. Note: If the document is shared with others, only you and the document owner can delete your highlight.