Numbers User Guide for iPhone
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Highlight text in Numbers on iPhone
You can highlight text in text boxes and in shapes. These highlights aren’t visible in printed spreadsheets.
When multiple people are working on a spreadsheet, each person’s highlights appear in a unique color. To learn how to change your color, see Set your author name for comments in Numbers on iPhone.
Tip: If you want highlights that are visible in your final spreadsheet, add a background color to text in any color. This type of highlight isn’t included with Numbers review tools.
Add or remove a highlight
You can highlight text everywhere except in charts and table cells.
Add a highlight: Select text, then tap Highlight.
Remove a highlight: Double-tap the highlighted text, then tap Remove Highlight.
Note: If the spreadsheet is shared with others, only you and the spreadsheet owner can delete your highlight. If someone else adds a comment to your highlight, the author name and color of the highlight changes to the comment’s author, and you can’t delete the comment.
Highlights added this way aren’t visible in printed or PDF documents. To add permanent highlights, see Add a background color to text.
Add a comment to highlighted text
Tap the highlighted text.
In the popover, tap “Add a comment,” then type your comment.
Tap Done.