attached is the output of pandoc -w context -o test.tex test.pdc texexec test.tex i'm wondering if context has support for this built in. here's the link; http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html#tables. could someone try compiling with luatex, i get a single horizontal line and nothing else. Creator: ConTeXt - 2009.05.12 22:35 Producer: LuaTeX-0.40.1 many thanks, Mohamed