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. } \vskip \whitespace ...\parskip >\zeropoint \relax \vskip \parskip \fi \dofinalstarttabulate ...efloat \else \whitespace \getvalue {\??tt \currentt... \NC l.22 \NC abc \NC : \NC PQR \NC\NR Without the \midaligned the tabulate works out ok. Hans van der Meer