Hi, Gmaxey! Thank you for the information on status flag. It looks as if Vivka had never stopped learnig. Some (like myself) are much slower. And thank you for the suggestions and the new code, which works perfectly on its own but misses the penultimate line of verse when inserted (with obvious modifications) in a larger macro. All the best.

RobiNew, thank you again for good words about my modest help! Greg, thank you for sharing your precious knowledge! Regarding your comments: 1) I thought that 'as Range' was optional when delcaring a range (from now on I will remember that a range MUST be explicitely declared); 2) I fully agree that exiting the sub leaves the final commands unexecuted. Now it's clear why you keep using lbl_exit. Thank you for one more lesson!