Click the Font icon, select font.
Click the Font icon, click the Text Color icon, choose color from the palette. Make a note of the row and number so that you can match this color.
Click the Font icon, click the Background Color icon, choose color from the palette. Make a note of the row and number so that you can match this color. To remove highlighting, choose “none” from the palette.
From the Insert menu, choose Special Characters..., click the category of special character, click the character.