Hans van der Meer wrote:

Question:� Why does this gives an error \midaligned{% \starttabulate[|r|c|l|] \NC abc \NC : \NC PQR \NC\NR \NC def \NC : \NC XYZ \NC\NR \stoptabulate } ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> � � � � � � � � } <to be read again> � � � � � � � � �� \vskip \whitespace ...\parskip >\zeropoint \relax \vskip � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � \parskip \fi \dofinalstarttabulate ...efloat \else \whitespace � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � \getvalue {\??tt \currentt... <to be read again> � � � � � � � � �� \NC l.22 \NC � � � � � abc \NC : \NC PQR \NC\NR

Without the \midaligned the tabulate works out ok.

this obscure tex message means that you do something v in h mode or vise versa \midaligned{\vbox{...}} will work Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------