Highlighted words in the search feature in mail

hi all, ok, maybe i am going crazy, but in mail under tiger, i thought i use to be able to see any searched word highlighted in the messages mail found containing that word. now when i perform a search in mail under leopard, the searched for word is not highlighted in any of the messages. am i crazy or did leopard do away with this feature? if so, does anyone know of a way to get searched words highlighted in mail under leopard?
many thanks,
ron

Hi mountart2, thanks for the hint. It helps a little bit, better than nothing
But again, it works only, if you click in one of the listet mails and you press then the command+g. Only the words in this email are then highlighted. For a search in the next mail, you have to select it, mail after mail.
I agree with you, there must be a preference somewhere, where you switch it on.
I won't give up. Many thanks!

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