How to Display the Yellow Marker Easily to Highlight a MS Word Document

© Ugur Akinci
Would you like to have a digital yellow marker to appear instantly when you need it to mark the important parts of your MS Word document?
You can do that easily with a shortcut.
Let’s say you have this document:
MS Word 2010 How to Display Yellow Marker 1
You need your yellow marker? Just press Ctrl + Alt + H and your cursor will transform into a yellow marker:
MS Word 2010 How to Display Yellow Marker 2
Left-click the cursor, drag and highlight your text anyway you like:
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To switch from yellow market to regular cursor, press Ctrl + Alt + H once again.
OTHER COLORS
You can change the color of the highlighter by selecting any color from the Text Highlight Color drop-down menu on the HOME tab:
MS Word Text Highlight Color