Why can't I remove highlighting?

[NisusUser]

I've faced this several times, and I'm sure what's happening makes sense to someone – just not me. I have a paragraph style that includes highlighting and other formatting. Often when an entire paragraph is highlighted, when I go up to the "Highlight" button, the "Remove Highlight Attribute" is grayed out so I cannot select it. Why is this?

[martin]

The reason for this is a little esoteric, but it comes down to the way attributes/formatting are combined. Your text doesn't have a highlighting attribute applied directly, so there's nothing to remove. The highlighting is enforced via your paragraph style, so you either need to remove that style, or simply apply a white highlight to override the style.

I hope that helps clarify things.

[cjthedj]

I tried
"... apply a white highlight to override the style."

It does not work.

Using Nisus Writer Express 4.4 for M3 Mac
Sonoma 14.6

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Þorvarður]

It does not work.

What exactly happens when you select the text and apply a white highlight?

You say you have v4.4. Try to update to v4.4.1 and see if that makes any difference. In v.4.4.1 macOS Sonoma compatibility issues were fixed.
https://nisus.com/Express/releasenotes/ ... tes441.php