The following code produces my table, but I could not get the text "Region" to span rows 3-7. So, I would like 1. the word "Region" to be inside the table and not "hacked" in the way that I have it. 2. to make the (spanned) cell containing "Years" have a gray background. 3. to make each of the "column heading" cells (i.e., the ones containing "<1", "1-2", ..., "15+", and "Total" to have a gray background. 4. to have the (spanned) cell containing "Region" (from #1) have a gray background. 5. to have the "row heading" cells (i.e., the ones containing "East", Midwest", "South", "West", and "Total") have a gray background. I would appreciate any help in attaining this wish list. Thanks in advance, Troy —— Code Starts Here —— \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \null\vskip15ex \hskip1em\framed[orientation=90,frame=off]{\bf Region}\blank\vskip-25.5ex \starttable[|c|l|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|] \DC \DC \DL[7] \DR \NC \NC \VL \use{7}\ReFormat[cB]{Years} \VL \AR \DC \DC \DL[7] \DR \NC \NC \VL \ReFormat[cB]{$<1$} \VL \ReFormat[cB]{$1-2$} \VL \ReFormat[cB]{$3-4$} \VL \ReFormat[cB]{$5-9$} \VL \ReFormat[cB]{$10-14$} \VL \ReFormat[cB]{$15+$} \VL \ReFormat[cB]{Total} \VL \AR \HL % \VL \offset[y=8ex]{\framed[orientation=90,frame=off]{\bf Region}} \VL East \VL 32 \VL 54 \VL 59 \VL 112 \VL 77 \VL 118 \VL 452 \VL \AR \VL \null\hskip2em\null \VL {\bf East} \VL 32 \VL 54 \VL 59 \VL 112 \VL 77 \VL 118 \VL 452 \VL \AR \VL \VL {\bf Midwest} \VL 31 \VL 68 \VL 68 \VL 120 \VL 63 \VL 173 \VL 523 \VL \AR \VL \VL {\bf South} \VL 53 \VL 92 \VL 93 \VL 158 \VL 106 \VL 158 \VL 660 \VL \AR \VL \VL {\bf West} \VL 41 \VL 56 \VL 67 \VL 78 \VL 45 \VL 86 \VL 373 \VL \AR \DC \DL[8] \DR \VL \VL {\bf Total} \VL 157 \VL 270 \VL 287 \VL 468 \VL 291 \VL 535 \VL 2008 \VL \AR \HL \stoptable \stoptext