#Mouse not highlighting text in outlook how to#
Refer ‘Method 3’ in the link given below on how to disable the add-ins. If the issue doesn’t happen in safe mode, disable the COM add-ins for Outlook and check if it works fine in normal mode. Type outlook /safe in the Open box, and then hit OK.
#Mouse not highlighting text in outlook windows#
On the keyboard, press the Windows key + R. Up next: Change the font style for a presentation. Open Outlook in safe mode and check the status: a. When I let up the mouse button, the mouse pointer returns.īut, the laser pointer reappears when I press and hold the mouse button, as long as I press Ctrl.
Now position it a little more to the left and your cursor will change to be pointing up to the right (ie North-East): Now simply. The trick is to position your cursor in the very left part of the first column so that the cursor changes from pointing North-West to pointing N-E. That activates the Laser Pointer.Īs I mention each company value, such as 'Medicine for all', I can emphasize it with the pointer. Outlook allows you to select multiple items with just your mouse. I do tend to notice that if Im trying to do a select and drag after I use my Ctrl key for a. I ran diagnostics and made sure no keys were associated with me losing the ability. Any time I try to do with the mouse to do a select and drag, it fails to work. Now, to use the laser pointer to call out the text while you present it, press and hold Ctrl and also press and hold the left mouse button. All right, Ive been having a problem with selecting text in Microsoft Word and Outlook. We are finished with the Format Shape pane, so I’ll click the X to close it.Īnd now, let’s click Slide Show to see the glow highlight in that view.
The increased glow creates a more blended highlight, and the glow is easier to see. If a particular command is not immediately apparent, you should resize the window to see whether the command becomes visible. Next to Size, I’ll click the up arrow and increase the glow to 50 points. I’ll select the text again, click Text Effects, point to Glow, and click Glow Options. The text now has a yellow glow as a highlight. The only way I can highlight a word is to double click on it or click on the beginning of a text string then hold down the shift key while I click on the end of the text string. When I point to it, a gallery of glow effects appears.Īnd when I point to an effect, it previews on the text.įor the strongest yellow glow, I’ll choose this one, called Gold, 18 pt. Whenever I want to select text with the mouse (left button, slide the mouse) it won't highlight the text. Look for Text Effects here, and click it. The FORMAT tab has a group called WordArt Styles for formatting text with colors, glows, and other effects. When I select the text, the DRAWING TOOLS FORMAT tab appears. To add the glow color, first I’ll select the text by dragging with the mouse.
Here is the text that we want to highlight. Instead, you highlight the text by adding a glow color. Unlike in Word, in PowerPoint, there is no Text Highlight Color button. Let’s look at how to use both methods for text, starting with a glow color. In a slide show, sometimes, you want to highlight or point to a word or paragraph for emphasis.įor example, here, we have highlighted our company’s mission statement with a yellow glow.Īnother thing you might do to call out text is turn the mouse pointer into a laser pointer and underscore important points as you speak.