yellow highlight effect for created text (not imported)

[franziskab96801408]

Hello - I posted this before and am surprised I got zero replies (?)....

I'm trying to yellow highlight some words in text I created in essential graphics panel. 

Creating a box over the text and then chosing "multiply" under opacity - the way I do in on imported images with text - doesn't seem to work with text I created myself. 

Who knows how to do this?

THANKS MUCH!

[R Neil Haugen]

Did you select the text then try the Essential Graphics color setting for it?

Neil

[franziskab96801408]

Hi Neil, thank you for that suggestion. By color setting, do you mean add a background to it? I can certainly highlight the text that way, but the highlighting/color would plop on with the text, rather than simulating the stroke of the highlighter drawing over the text. But... that said, I just tried something else, and I think I just figured it out somehow. I think I'm all set now, but thank you again.

[Peru Bob]

For the benefit of others, what was your solution?