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Press F5 to start, Esc to stop51234In a slide show, sometimes you want to highlight or point to a word or paragraph for emphasis.For example, here, weve highlighted our companys mission statement with a yellow glow.Another thing you might do to call out text is turn the mouse pointer into a laser pointerand underscore important points as you speak.Lets look at how to use both methods for text, starting with a glow color.Unlike in Word, in PowerPoint there is no Text Highlight Color button. Instead, you highlight the text by adding a glow color.Heres the text we want to highlight. To add the glow color, first Ill select the text by dragging with the mouse.When I select the text, the Drawing Tools Format tab appears. Ill click it.The Format tab has a group called WordArt Styles for formatting text with colors, glows, and other effects.Look for Text Effects, here, and click it.The effect we want is Glow. When I point to it, a gallery of glow effects appears.And when I point to an effect, it previews on the text.For the strongest yellow glow, Ill choose this one, called Gold, 18 pt. glow.The text now has a yellow glow as a highlight.I can increase the glow, if I want. Ill select the text again, click Text Effects, point to Glow, and click Glow Options.Next to Size, Ill click the Up arrow and increase the glow to 50 points.The increased glow creates a more blended highlight, and the glow is easier to see.Were finished with the Format Shape pane, so Ill click the X to close it.And now lets click Slide Show, to see the glow highlight in that view.Now, to use the laser pointer to call out text while you present, heres what you do.Press and hold Ctrl and also press and hold the left mouse button. That activates the laser pointer.As I mention each company value, such as Medicine for all, I can emphasize it with the pointer.When I let up the mouse button, the mouse pointer returns.But the laser pointer reappears when I press and hold the mouse button, as long as Im still pressing Ctrl.Up next: Change the font style for a presentation.51234Course summaryHelp