Highlighting Text on Blank Black Template

Hey thanks @vikingOSX for the info! I tried rushing straight into this, and turned out that it wasn't the best idea. Doesn't look hard, but I need to return to it later when my mind is a bit refreshed and not filled with things to do.

I went into the Text Background, change the color and/or the opacity, and I did not see the results straight away. That's when I knew I may be missing a step, so I'll return to it. But thankfully, at least the solution is there.

Another thing I considered, and not sure how difficult that would be, is to keep the text background color, but change the text from yellow to black. Again, not sure if that could be done.

I got the ideas mentioned from that option you mentioned, the +, that can allow me to use a single character like a function key to easily highlight my chosen option of color/opacity. I will need to look at how it's done, but once it's done, is it applicable to the template, or the document only?

Thanks again!

Thanks again, @VikingOSX. I went back in with a clear head and careful reading, and after some trial-and-error, ended up getting what I wanted. And on top of that, creaing a character style and keyboard shortcut are brilliant. I did finally get you when you mentioned of how Apple's interpretation of Highlight differs vastly from most user's interpretation.....wacky!

I don't suppose there's a way to keep the custom character styles permanent and transferable from document to document, or at least baked into a template? That woudl be the last step, if doable.

Almost there, but as it is I can work with this. Thank you!

@VikingOSX - Thanks very much for the assistance, all the way through. I can now focus on highlighting properly, albeit in a pretty substandard way.

Really appreciate your time in helping out!

V.