Hi, The xtables mechanism has been extended a bit (plus some fixes): \setupxtable[suffix][align=middle,foregroundcolor=red] \setupxtable[blabla][foregroundstyle=slanted] \setupxtable[crap] [foregroundcolor=blue] \setupxtable[bold] [crap][foregroundstyle=bold] \startxtable[frame=off] \startxtablehead \startxrow[bold] \startxcell[suffix] a 0 \stopxcell \startxcell[blabla] a 1 \stopxcell \startxcell a 2 \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablehead \startxtablebody \startxrow \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] a 1 \stopxcell \startxcell b 1 \stopxcell \startxcell c 1 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell b 2 \stopxcell \startxcell c 2 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[suffix] a 3 \stopxcell \startxcell b 3 \stopxcell \startxcell c 3 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[suffix] a 4 \stopxcell \startxcell b 4 \stopxcell \startxcell c 4 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[suffix] a 5 \stopxcell \startxcell b 5 \stopxcell \startxcell c 5 \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablebody \stopxtable This is an experiment. Beware: you can create loops as setups are chained and circular chains can be creates. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------