Hans van der Meer wrote: > It seems not possible to typeset in columns (\startcolumns[n=3]... > \stopcolumns) within a \startframedtext...\stopframedtext. It all > comes out in one long column. > How can I accomplish this? For this, you have to use \starttextbackground (or \startbackground) instead of \startframedtext. Cheers, Taco