I am trying to create a table with the middle cell merged vertically. I am trying to draw bottom lines for the left and right columns: Alabama 13.3 13.5 ------- ----- Alaska 17.8 18.8 Here is my table: \placetable[here][tab:insurance]{Percentage of People without health insurance in US} \starttable[|l w(30mm)|l|l|] \HL \VL State \VL 3-year average(2001-2003) \VL 2-year average(2001-2002) \VL\SR \HL[4] \VL Alabama \VL 13.3 \VL 13.5 \VL\FR \DL \DC \DL \DR \VL Alaska \VL 17.8 \VL 18.8 \VL\MR \HL \VL Arizona \VL 17.3 \VL 16.9 \VL\LR \HL \stoptable \stoptext I am getting the following error message: ! Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr. <template> \endtemplate \!ttLongHrule ->\omit \span \omit \span \!ttShortHrule \next ->&\normalTABLElongrule & \complexTableDL ...handleTABLEerror \fi \fi \next \fi \complexorsimpleTable ...fi \c!Table #1\endcsname #2 l.14 \DL \DC \DL \DR What am I doing wrong? Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry@iglou.com * ************************