How to Highlight Text in Yahoo Mail Messages

Yahoo Mail offers several ways to make text stand out when composing a message, along with keyboard shortcuts to apply underline, bold, and italic formatting quickly.

How to Underline, Bold, or Italicize Text in Yahoo Mail

Highlight the text you wish to format, and enter one of the following shortcuts:

• Press Ctrl+B (Windows, Linux) or Command+B (Mac) for bold text.
• Press Ctrl+I (Windows, Linux) or Command+I (Mac) for italics.
• Press Ctrl+U (Windows, Linux) or Command+U (Mac) for underlined text.

In addition, selecting the Bold or Italic button on the toolbar at the bottom of the message window will change the format of the selected text, as well.

How to Highlight Text With Color

Here's how to change the color of the font and/or background:

1. Select the text that you want to highlight, go to the message toolbar, and select the Text Color button.

   

2. In the Text group, select a color for the text.

   

3. In the Highlight group, select a color for the text background.

How to Change the Text Size in Yahoo Mail

Varying the text size is another way to apply emphasis to the entire email message, or just specific words or sections.

1. Select the text that you want to highlight, go to the message toolbar, and select the Font button near the right end of the toolbar.

   

2. Select a size for the text from the six options available:

   • Tiny.
   • Small.
   • Medium.
   • Large.
   • X-Large.
   • Huge.

   You also can choose different fonts in this menu.