Hi Dave, I don't know enough about it, to give you a clean solution. Just ignore the rest, if someone gives a better (more general) solution. Peter Dave schrieb:

Hi all,

I am trying to add footnotes to a table but need for them to be aligned on the left (flush) edge of the table. I've tried everything I can think of but I'm stuck (with deadlines looming). Below is a quick example....

Many thanks, Dave

%%% % TeXExec | context source date: 2007.04.17 12:51 %%%

setupcaption[table][location=top]

\starttext

\showframe

% Portrait \startlocalfootnotes[n=0] \placetable [page] [table1] {Caption goes here} \placelegend { % Rules \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[column][first][leftframe=off] \setupTABLE[column][last][rightframe=off] \setupTABLE[row][first][topframe=on,bottomframe=on] \setupTABLE[row][last][bottomframe=on] % Alignment \setupTABLE[column][1][align=right] \setupTABLE[column][2][align=right] \setupTABLE[column][3][align=right] % Width \setupTABLE[option=stretch] % Table \bTABLE % Heading \bTR\bTH Column 1\footnote{footnote for column 1} \eTH\bTH Column 2\footnote{fn 4 col 2} \eTH\bTH Description \eTH\eTR % Body \bTR\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\eTR \eTABLE } {\framed{%

^^^^ +1

{\placelocalfootnotes} } % \framed with defined width for alignment {\framed[width=\textwidth,align=right] {\ruledhbox{\hskip10mm\placelocalfootnotes}} % \hbox }

the values needed for width= and \hskip may vary from table to table

\stoplocalfootnotes

% Landscape \startlocalfootnotes[n=0] \placetable [90] [table2] {Caption goes here} \placelegend { % Rules \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[column][first][leftframe=off] \setupTABLE[column][last][rightframe=off] \setupTABLE[row][first][topframe=on,bottomframe=on] \setupTABLE[row][last][bottomframe=on] % Alignment \setupTABLE[column][1][align=right,width=6cm] \setupTABLE[column][2][align=right,width=5cm] \setupTABLE[column][3][align=right,width=11cm] % Width \setupTABLE[option=stretch,textwidth=22cm] % Table \bTABLE % Heading \bTR\bTH Column 1\footnote{footnote for column 1} \eTH\bTH Column 2\footnote{fn 4 col 2} \eTH\bTH Description \eTH\eTR % Body \bTR\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\bTD test \eTD\eTR \eTABLE } {\framed{% ^^^^ {\placelocalfootnotes} } {\framed[width=\textheight,align=right] {\ruledhbox{\hskip5mm\placelocalfootnotes}} }

\stoplocalfootnotes

\stoptext

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