You are right, getting the X position is confounded when the text is not simply left aligned. Your example document has justified text and the values calculated for the horizontal alignment positions are inaccurate. I also tried using the Selection object but wasn't getting predictable results there either.

Can I ask what is the point of sticking a circle around text? Wouldn't it be a whole lot easier to just apply highlight to that text?

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia