HI

Ok Thanks for getting back.

Point taken. I appreciate it's a moveable feast as such. Nevertheless , I was hoping that the code might be able to accommodate the circumstances that it finds , whatever they may be.

In my case I have a fixed use where the lines all have a certain width with no overlapping. It wouldn't really matter if there were some inconsistency in the output.

I was wondering also if it would be possible in the absence of a sensible 'whole line' solution if the width of the highlight could be extended to a few characters or words either side of the target text. Is that a more feasible proposition?

Grateful for your time and expertise.