Next paste the following codes and click “Run” to remove both highlighting and shading:.

Firstly press the “Alt+ F11” to open VBA editor.

Then click “Paste Special” on the drop-down menu of “Paste” option to open the same name dialog box where you should choose “Unformatted Text”.

To begin with, select the target text and press “Ctrl+ X” to cut them of the document.

2 Methods to Remove Both Highlighting and Shading Method 1: Paste as Unformatted Text By the way, it can strip other formatting, such as converting auto numbered list to plain text. Certainly, you have to select them first. So you can remove it by pressing “Ctrl+ Q”. Then all shading is gone.Įarlier, we just mentioned that shading can be a part of a style.

Then click “Shading” in “Paragraph” group under “Home” tab.

If you ae sure the Words are in shading, here are ways to clear.

Now place cursor at “Replace with” text box.

Place cursor at the “Find what” text box and click “More”.

Firstly, click “Home”, then “Replace” to open “Find and Replace” dialog box.

On the drop-down menu, choose “No Color”.

Then click “Text Highlight Color” in “Font” group under “Home” tab.

Firstly, select the texts in highlight.

Method 1: Choose No Color for Highlighting If you know the texts are in highlighting, you can deploy the following methods. Now let’s take a look at how to clear them respectively. You can find highlighting by using “Find” feature. Highlighting can be applied to text only.Ĥ. You can’t find shading by using “Find” feature.ġ.

Shading can be applied to both table and text.Ĥ. Therefore, we make a comparison of them: Similarityīoth can highlight contents to make them attractive.ġ. Now and then, do you get confused by highlighting and shading in Word documents? They look so much alike that it’s hard for us to tell them apart from one to another. In this article, we plan to show you 5 useful methods to remove highlighting or shading quickly in your Word document.

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