In the first technique, you used a colored rectangle to highlight text; we’re going to use color again, but this time, we’ll change the font color with a moving stroke, similar to the highlight.

Follow the steps below to create a horizontal scrolling text effect in PowerPoint: Launch PowerPoint. On the Home tab in the Shapes Galley, select the text box, then draw it onto the slide.

Launch PowerPoint. Change the slide layout to blank. Draw the text box into the slide. Right-click the text box and select Cut, then paste the text box as a picture.

Highlight the text that you wish to hide and select the "Font Color" icon from the Font section of the Ribbon. Change the color to the same color as the background of your slide.

Now you can highlight any text in a text box, table, or shape on your PowerPoint slides," said Dwivedy. "You can also undo any highlighting that others have added (something not previously ...