'Black' Outline...

[Soquili]

Tom your status line is still showing you have the text selected.

You must click on the contour, the black line around the text.

To make this very easy.

Select the text, then the Contour Tool. Change the contour from 1 pixel in size to 10 pixels. That will make it extremely easy to select. Once it is selected right click the crosshatch square to remove the outline colour. Then change the contour back to 1 pixel in size.

An alternate method of selecting the contour:

Select the Text

Hit the Tab Key

The Status line should now show the contour is selected.