I think I’ve solved the problem but am going out in a few minutes.

its because I’m a former website designer [long years ago], Sue. Things get turned on ( eg Bold) and then when you don’t need it at that location you turn it off. It also helped me to get to grips with the way you added / moved my sheets. I added the dash at the start of those four sheets was in lieu of indentation.

I’ve gone back some earlier versions and am fiddling with them. Don’t worry, I won’t shout at you if I muck those up! I genuinely appreciate your time and help.

The thing I was grappling with this a.m was the fact that despite drawing an unbroken wall (the yellow line) around the furniture, the bleed from the lights was still coming through.

I’ve often wondered how people got the quote effect!!!!! Now I know.

I don’t know how Numeric Edit works - I’m aware that over the last 9 months or so I’ve picked up a great deal of experience (often in terms of editing what I’ve put down) but Numeric Edit hasn't made it so far. I’ll dig out the Tome and have a look.

thanks for the walk-through, Sue. Will bookmark this thread so if i hit problems i can find it quicker!

thanks, Sue