I am using some old code that Hans provided to create a pretty frame around some text, for purposes of a "Part" header page. Here is my current test file: -------------------------------------- \setupoutput[pdftex] \definepapersize[bok][width=6.0in,height=9.0in] \setuppapersize[bok][letter] \setuplayout[marking=on,margin=.5in,textwidth=4.5in,width=middle,location=middle] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext %\startstandardmakeup \noheaderandfooterlines \startuseMPgraphic{bg} StartPage ; path p ; p := Page enlarged -10mm ; path q ; q := Page enlarged -15mm ; drawoptions(withcolor .85white) ; fill reverse topboundary q -- topboundary p -- cycle ; fill reverse bottomboundary q -- bottomboundary p -- cycle ; drawoptions(withcolor .65white) ; fill reverse leftboundary q -- leftboundary p -- cycle ; fill reverse rightboundary q -- rightboundary p -- cycle ; StopPage ; \stopuseMPgraphic \vglue -1.55in %??? \hglue -.75in %??? \useMPgraphic{bg} \vglue -6.5in \hglue .2in \centerline{\bf Here is some text} %\stopstandardmakeup \stoptext ------------------------------------------------- Now here is my question: why must I use the negative \vglue and \hglue lines (arrived at by experimentation) to place the frame properly on the page? Did I mess something up? -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com