Cannot highlight text in Word for Mac
brianlyn
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User level: Level 1 (4 points)Highlight text in Word for Mac
Posted on Sep 19, 2026 7:17 AM
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VikingOSX
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User level: Level 10 (131,878 points)Sep 19, 2026 5:18 PM in response to brianlyn
What have you tried and what was the result? Are you opening the document read-only (see the File menu)?
The ribbon toolbar on Word has not changed lately. Select the text to highlight, and then click the red-circled text highlight color.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256360454