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Not everyone will want them highlighted the same way though. In the past others have asked for them to be dimmed (i.e. greyed). So "without customization" would likely not make everyone happy. That said, they should probably be shown in a different color by default.
See (also contain instructions for customizing to show them in a different color):
Skipped Steps are dimmed by default due to this idea:
https://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-TestStand-Idea-Exchange/Steps-that-are-skipped-can-be-dimmed/idi-p/13078...