Hi, is there a way to mimic the tabulate behavior with TABLE (or xtable)? \starttext \def\HtTest#1% {\setbox\scratchbox\vbox{#1}hight=\the\ht\scratchbox\par\vbox{#1}\blank} \HtTest{\strut (Äg) first line\par second line\par (Äg) third line} \setuptabulate[before=,after=,] \HtTest{\starttabulate[|l|] \NC (Äg) first line \NC\NR \NC second line \NC\NR \NC (Äg) third line \NC\NR \stoptabulate} \HtTest{\bTABLE[frame=off,offset=overlay,left=\strut] % ,rulethickness=0pt \bTR\bTD (Äg) first line \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD second line \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD (Äg) third line \eTD\eTR \eTABLE} \HtTest{\startembeddedxtable[frame=off,offset=overlay] \startxrow \startxcell (Äg) first line \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell second line \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell (Äg) third line \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopembeddedxtable} \stoptext Thanks in advance Andreas