Hello again! Today I'm trying a lot of new (to me) things... This time, a macro with optional arguments and \if...argument : \def\SkillField{\dodoubleempty\doSkillField} \def\doSkillField[#1][#2]#3{\bTR\bTD #3 \iffirstargument\hfill (#1)\fi % don't print when no optional argument \eTD \bTD \ifsecondargument % if second optional arg is provided \definefield[#2][line][Skill][#1]\field[#2] \else % if no second optional arg \definefield[#3][line][Skill][#3]\field[#3] \fi \eTD\eTR} e.g. \SkillField[+8][Aergern]{Ärgern} % works \SkillField[+1]{Labern} % does nothing instead of "else" \SkillField{Testen} % does "\hfill (#1)", but should do nothing Apparently, the \if...argument ... \else don't work as they should. Where's my mistake? Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net