Highlight, unhighlight in Pages 5

After upgrading to pages 5.0 I can on longör choose highlight colour? i can highlight with yellow but I dont know how to unhighlight anything except with undo!
Can it be Done orörd is Pages 5 à weaker program than the forerunner?
Backcrawler

I had the same problem but by chance found how to highlight and unhighlight the text.  In the format side bar under FONT, select the setting button (looks like a gear or cog next to "underline button".  That brings up a menu, select "Character Fill Color" and you can change the highlighting on your text.  
I agree on Backcrawler's comment.  This version is a step backward not forward. 
Backcrawler wrote:
After upgrading to pages 5.0 I can on longör choose highlight colour? i can highlight with yellow but I dont know how to unhighlight anything except with undo!
Can it be Done orörd is Pages 5 à weaker program than the forerunner?
Backcrawler

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