On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:24:23 -0800 "JOHN CULLETON" wrote:

I hve determined by trial and error that the multiline feature [nr=2] of Natural Tables does not work well, if at all, in the TABLEhead area. But the TABLEhead area is necessary for readable split tables. Currently I use single lines in the header area and suppress some of the rules to create a multiline effect thus:

Hi John,

\bTABLE [option=stretch,split=repeat] \setupTABLE[r][1][height=0cm,width=0cm,frame=off] \setupTABLE[c][1][width=1.7in] \setupTABLE[r][2][bottomframe=off] \setupTABLE[r][3][topframe=off] \bTABLEhead \bTR %dummy row \bTH \eTH \bTH \eTH \bTH \eTH \eTR \bTR %first visible row \bTH {\bf Investment} \eTH

\bTH .. \eTH is only a abbreviation for \bTD[style=bold] ... \eTD, this means your \bf is not neccessary.

\bTH {\bf Portfolio } \eTH \bTH {\bf Average Stock } \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH {\bf Category} \eTH \bTH {\bf Allocation} \eTH \bTH {\bf Market Exposure} \eTH \eTR \eTABLEhead ... This example also uses the (apparently) obligatory dummy row as described by others.

Natural Tables have been around for a while. It is unfortunate that no one has come up with a real manual for these tables. All that exists are "learn by example" documents, which do not describe limitations such as the one I worked around in the above code.

John Culleton

I rewrote your example in a better way \starttext \bTABLE [option=stretch,split=repeat] \setupTABLE[c][first][width=1.7in] \setupTABLE[r][first][style=bold] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTD Investment\\ Category \eTD \bTD Portfolio\\ Allocation \eTD \bTD Average Stock\\ Market Exposure \eTD \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \dorecurse{100}{\bTR\bTD text \eTD\bTD text \eTD\bTD text \eTD\eTR} \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stoptext Wolfgang