Hi Adam, Although my experience is limited I could imagine, that a setup wit a \starttabulate \stoptabulate environment could work for you: \starttext \definetabulate[Mystyle][|p|p|] \section[]{First paragraph} \startMystyle \NC a bunch of text \NC a bunch of text \NC\NR \NC \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \blank[small]} \NC \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth \blank[small]} \NC\NR \stopMystyle \section[]{Second paragraaf} \startMystyle \NC a bunch of text \NC a bunch of text \NC\NR \NC \dorecurse{7}{\input tufte \blank[small]} \NC \dorecurse{9}{\input knuth \blank[small]} \NC\NR \stopMystyle \stoptext Humble, this is a very simple(minded) approach. Of course Hans's columnset possibilities give you many more hooks to insert blocks, backgrounds etc. Willi