Thanks onli, that sorted it, Pity we have to switch standard functionality off just to do the simple things though.

If I enter something like

/**
* This is a comment
*/

and format with a surrounding <pre></pre> tag, when I preview the page I get

/
This is a comment
/

The asterix characters go missing. I'm loath to send this entry live if it's not looking right in the preview

What can I do to get round ...