
Sometimes you need to highlight some important parts of your document. Google Sheets provides you with a few easiest options to highlight. In this article, we will discuss a step-by-step guide to highlight in Google Sheets.
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How to highlight in Google Sheets
Follow the below steps to highlight cells in Google Sheets.
- Click on one particular cell and drag with your mouse cursor toward up or down or side to select all the cells.

2. Click on the Fill color option from the top as highlighted below.

3. Select the desired color from the color palette. You can also choose alternating colors or conditional formatting.


Now, you can able to see below the data is highlighted with the selected color.

How to highlight text in Google Sheets
To highlight text in Google Sheets, just follow the below steps
- Click on one cell that contains text and then drag with your mouse cursor to select all the cells with text.

2. Click on the Text color option from the top as highlighted below.

3. Select the preferred color from the color palette. You can also use the Conditional formatting option by clicking on that link.

4. After clicking the desired color, the selected text got highlighted successfully. See the below screenshot.

Related FAQs
Q: Can you highlight in Google Sheets
Answer: Yes, you can click and drag with your mouse cursor to select the desired range of cells and then choose the preferred color by clicking on the Fill color option from the toolbar to highlight.
Q: How to remove highlight in Google Sheets?
Answer:
- Click and drag with your mouse cursor to select the highlighted cells.
- Click on the Fill color option –> Choose None from the color palette.

You can able to see the Highlight option removed successfully.

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Conclusion
It is so easy to highlight in Google Sheets using the above information mentioned in this article. Thanks for reading this article !!!