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<DESCRIPTION>906 CERT
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        CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(B) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND
                     SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, James D. Dondero, Chief Executive Officer of Highland Credit Strategies Fund
(the "Registrant"), certify that:

         1.     The Form N-CSR of the Registrant  (the "Report")  fully complies
                with  the   requirements  of  Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         2.     The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results  of
                operations of the Registrant.

Date:    AUGUST 27, 2007         /S/ JAMES D. DONDERO
     -----------------------    ------------------------------------------------
                                James D. Dondero, Chief Executive Officer
                                (principal executive officer)

I, M. Jason Blackburn, Chief Financial Officer of Highland Credit Strategies
Fund (the "Registrant"), certify that:

         1.     The Form N-CSR of the Registrant  (the "Report")  fully complies
                with  the   requirements  of  Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         2.     The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results  of

                operations of the Registrant.

Date:    AUGUST 27, 2007          /S/ M. JASON BLACKBURN
     ------------------------    --------------------------------------------
                                 M. Jason Blackburn, Chief Financial Officer
                                 (principal financial officer)
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