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I use Natural Tables for the purpose. It is easy and intuitive to use. I really like the way it is designed. On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM, luigi scarso wrot= e: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Manuel P. wro= te: >> John Haltiwanger ha scritto: >>> >>> ConTeXt is great because there is only one system to learn. As was alre= ady >>> mentioned, it is much more consistent than LaTeX. >>> > > And if you want something extreme > http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/columns.pdf > > > -- > luigi > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to= the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-co= ntext > webpage =A0: http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive =A0: http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki =A0 =A0 : http://contextgarden.net > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ > ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________