I'll try both of your suggestions and report back, as I'am sure the Capt would like to have work what he already knows how to do, even if its just now a semi-works.
... using Google to search and you click on the "cached" copy, the search words will be highlighted.
... using the Google toolbar you can click on a search word in toolbar on the right side and it will highlight that word.
... click on the edit button and select find(on this page) ... in the popup window put in what you want to search for