Applying a Character Format to a Character

I am trying to apply a character format to a single character.
I have tried :
MyDoc.SetTextVal(myrange,Constants.FO_CharFmt ,"RoundFont")
and
var charFmtId = MyDoc.GetNamedObject(Constants.FO_CharFmt, "RoundFont");
var myprops = MyDoc.GetProps(charFmtId)
MyDoc.SetTextProps(myrange, myprops);
neither work unfortunately - I have been trying for two weeks!
I know the "myrange" is Ok because I can delete characters in the range correctly and add a character instead.

I haven't done any conditional formatting yet in either Pages or Numbers, but I do know how to do a fill. Click on a cell to select it then click the tiny circle in the lower right of the cell & drag your cursor down (or right) to fill cells with the content of the first cell.

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