Highlighting a paragraph in PowerPoint is fairly straightforward.

But have you ever wanted to emphasize just one word or phrase?

However, there’s an easy workaround to single out key elements of paragraphs on your slides.

A woman making a presentation to two men in a work setting

Instead, the animation would bold the entire sentence.

How to Emphasize a Single Word in Your PowerPoint Presentation

1.

Line Up the Text

First, make your slide as you would normally, adding all text and images.

A sentence in PowerPoint. The text box is selected.

From here, there are two ways to go about emphasizing your text.

When you’re presenting, the emphasized text will appear when you click.

Make Your Text Disappear

But what if you’ve got the option to’t quite line up the text?

A phrase in powerpoint with a highlighted word.

Instead, choose the first text box (without the emphasis) and add thedisappearanimation.

Then add theappearanimation to the second text box (with the emphasis).

After you add both animations, go to the animation pane.

A sentence in PowerPoint with a highligted word.

Once the slide appears in your presentation, the non-emphasized text will appear.

By adding these animations, you are on your way topreparing a professional presentation using PowerPoint.

This will help you elevate your PowerPoint presentations and communicate your ideas more effectively.

A sentence in PowerPoint with a word highlighted.

By emphasizing your text visually, you’ll be able to engage your audience with your points better.

A sentence in powerpoint with a word highlighted.