Hallo! In the following example with two nearly identical tables: ---------------------------------------------------------- \starttext \setupTABLE[r][each][frame=off] \setupTABLE[r][first][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=.05em] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Nr.\ \eTD \bTD Eintrag \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD Bla \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD Blub \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD Boing \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 4 \eTD \bTD Blubber \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \blank %\setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[r][first][bottomframe=off] \bTABLE[frame=off] \bTR \bTD Nr.\ \eTD \bTD Eintrag \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD Bla \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD Blub \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD Boing \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 4 \eTD \bTD Blubber \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext ---------------------------------------------------------- the first \setupTABLE[r][each][frame=off] switched frames off and the second \setupTABLE[r][first][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=.05em] switched the bottomframe on in the first row. but in the second table neighter \setupTABLE[frame=off] nor \setupTABLE[r][each][frame=off] switched frames off the bottomframe in row 1 survives from the first table! One has explicitly use \setupTABLE[r][first][bottomframe=off] to switch this frameline off too. So, 1. Is there no general 'frame=off'? 2. Is the first \setupTABLE not really working? It should, because the defaults are 'frame=on', aren't they? Wolfgang