Highlight text in Publisher
Applies ToPublisher for Microsoft 365 Publisher 2021 Publisher 2019 Publisher 2016 Publisher 2013

Unfortunately, you can't highlight text in Publisher, but you can emphasize text by changing the font color or style.

  1. Select the text that you want to emphasize.

  2. Select the options that work best for you from the Text Box Tools Format tab. Some possible options for highlighting the text are the Font Color, Bold or Italics, and WordArt.

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