On 29 Mar 2010, at 16:25, Kino wrote: [...] > I discovered a better solution in the bath-tub. That will be recommended in the next update of NWP Help file. > > <letter>(?:\b|(?!\S)) > > works for words in any script. This expression stands for "<letter> followed by a word boundary or NOT followed by a visible character" and a note reference is not treated as a visible character. Thanks. Hamid