One phenomenon I have repeatedly come accross but not quite understood... If I have \startalignment, \startnarrower, etc., then there has to be text immediately after the start command. As small example: \startalignment[center] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD something \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stopalignment This should create a single-cell table in the middle of the page. It does not, the text is in the left. If I add something small (a strut), then everything works fine: \startalignment[center] \strut \bTABLE \bTR \bTD something \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stopalignment Any text has the same effect as the strut. If the text is added to the end, it does not have any effect, i.e. the start has no effect. After some quick experimenting it seems evident that there has to be text after the start command. A figure or a table won't do. Why? And does this occur with any start-stop pair (sounds odd) or just with a few? And what is the kosher way of solving this problem? This must be a FAQ, but I could not find the search terms to find an answer. TIA, - Ville