How to Change Text Background Colors in Emails

In this article, you’ll learn how to apply a background color (other tools may refer to this as highlighting) to a sentence or paragraph.

Highlighting text in emails

To do this:

1. Go to the Content section of your email
2. Click and hold your left mouse button over text to select it
3. Open the drop-down next to the background color icon
4. Select a default color
5. Or click the icon in the bottom right to choose a custom color

How to remove background colors from text

To remove the background color you’ve set for text, just:

1. Click and hold your left mouse button over text to select it
2. Open the drop-down next to the background color icon
3. Select the box with the red line crossed through it