> This ends up being a couple of thousand lines of code!  Admittedly
> pretty easy to write - just copy and change the character.

(option 1) Obviously you're not short of memory ;-) so don't cross
a page boundary with a string. If you've a bit of empty memory
at the end of a page, so what ?

(option 2) Within your retrieval routine you'll start with the
base address for the string. As you increment the [byte +
base address] counter if it reaches the end of the page,
ie rolls over to 00, then increment the page pointer to get
the next byte

(option 3)  http://www.piclist.com/techref/microchip/memory.htm
has several routines and methods explained, one of which may
suit your particular requirements

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