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Are you unable to remove highlights and shading from a Word document on Windows
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PC? Then you are at the right place as we have the solutions for you to fix this issue.
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Let’s get started. This is The Windows Club.
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Highlights and Shading are two key features in Word that enables users
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to put emphasis on an important text or phrase in a document.
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Now, formatting content in Word can be tricky sometimes. As reported by some users,
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they just can’t remove highlights or shading from the text in Word.
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If you are getting the same issue, then let’s get started and see how you can fix it.
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Method 1: Try Using The Clear All Formatting Option
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If you cannot remove highlights or shading from a Word document,
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you can first use the Clear All Formatting option. It will clear all the formatting done to the
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selected text including highlights. So, try this option and see if it works for you.
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First, open the problematic document in Word. Now, select the highlighted or shaded text from
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where you want to remove highlights. Next, go to the Home tab and click
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the Clear Formatting button. It is an A shaped icon with an eraser.
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Check if the highlights are removed from your Word document or not. If the problem remains the same,
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go to the next method. Method 2:
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Choose The No Color Option For Highlighting To use this method, select the highlighted text.
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Then move to the Home tab and click on the Text Highlight Color drop-down button.
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Next, click on the No Color option . It should remove the highlights from the chosen text.
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Method 3: Set The Background Color To No Color If you want to clear shading in a Word document,
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you can simply set the background color of the text to No Color.
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For removing shading from a document in Word, select the shaded text and move to the Home tab.
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Now, press the Theme Colors drop-down button and then select the No Color option.
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You can also use the Ctrl+Q shortcut key to quickly remove shading from a selected text.
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So, that's it. Subscribe to The Windows Club for all
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