Hi, the force keyword for the \blank commands create an unwanted space in MkIV when you use it at the begin of page compared with MkII. Attached are the results from MkII and MkIV which have been produced with the following example. In MkIV the first page has an extra line while the space on the second page is smaller than a complete line. %%%% begin example \setuppapersize[A7][A7] \showgrid \starttext \blank[force,line] text \page text \blank[force,line] text \stoptext %%%% end example Kind regards, Wolfgang