Hi all, Attached is an example showing my misunderstanding about grid alignment. The attached works as expected when \setuplayout[grid=no] is used or the 'Author table' is commented out. The inclusion of the little table in the text is really just to convince myself that I can have a table with the grid enabled. Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. Cheers, Randall ---- \showframe %\showmakeup %\showgrid %%% Dimensions \newdimen\PaperWidth \PaperWidth=8.5in \newdimen\PaperHeight \PaperHeight=11.0in \newdimen\TextWidth \TextWidth=5.5in \newdimen\TextHeight \TextHeight=10.0in \setuppapersize[letter][letter] % paper size \definepapersize[width=\PaperWidth,height=\PaperHeight] \setuplayout [location=doublesided, % double-sided printing grid=yes, %%%% WHY DOES THIS CAUSE AN ERROR? topspace=0.50in, % the space at the very top of the page backspace=1.5in, % the space in the gutter header=0.75in, % the space for headers footer=0.50in, % the space for footers leftmargin=1in, % the space for margin notes rightmargin=1in, % the space for right margin notes width=\TextWidth, % the width of the body text height=\TextHeight] % the height of the body text %%% Authors and Approvals \def\AuthorsTitle{\midaligned{\sc{Authors and Approvals}}} \def\startAuthors{% \blank[2*big]\AuthorsTitle\\\blank[2*big]% \hbox to \hsize\bgroup\hss\SetTableToWidth{6.5in}% \starttable[|c|c|c|c|c|] \HL \VL \VL Function\VL Name\VL Signature\VL Date\VL\SR\HL} \def\stopAuthors{\stoptable\hss\egroup} def\Author[#1]{% \getgparameters[Author][#1]% \doifundefined{AuthorRole}{\gdef\AuthorRole{Prepared by:}}% \doifundefined{AuthorFunction}{\gdef\AuthorFunction{-}}% \doifundefined{AuthorName}{\gdef\AuthorName{-}}% \doifundefined{AuthorSignature}{\gdef\AuthorSignature{}}% \doifundefined{AuthorDate}{\gdef\AuthorDate{-}}% \VL\AuthorRole \VL\AuthorFunction% \VL\AuthorName \VL\AuthorSignature% \VL\AuthorDate% \VL\SR\HL% \gdef\AuthorFunction{ }\gdef\AuthorName{ }% \gdef\AuthorSignature{ }\gdef\AuthorDate{ }% } \starttext %%% Start: Front \startfrontmatter \startAuthors \Author [Role={Prepared by:}, Function={Scientist}, Name={John Smith}, Date={2005-08-24}] \Author [Role={Checked by}:, Date={2005-08-24}] \Author [Role={Approved by:}, Date={2005-08-24}] \stopAuthors %%% Stop: Front \stopfrontmatter %%% Start: Body \startbodymatter \section{One} \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth} \starttable[|c|c|] \HL \VL One \VL Two \VL\FR \VL Three \VL Four \VL\LR \HL \stoptable \section{Two} \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth} %%% Stop: Body part \stopbodymatter \stoptext