On 27 Jul 2011, at 11:36, Cecil Westerhof wrote:

> Attached a tex file and the generated PDF.
> 
> The first table is what I am trying to do. The second table is an example about what I would like to accomplish.
> 
> I have two problems.
> 
> Because there will be a lot of tables I like to use a variable, so that changes can be done in one place. That is why I would like to use:
>     \getvariable{desc}{fieldHeading}
> on the third line of the table. But then I get one column instead of five. (The third is what I get, the fourth what I would like to get.)
> 
> In the first and last two rows I would like to have the field take the complete row. Just like the example in the table under it where I use 
> 
> Is this possible?
> 
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> Cecil Westerhof
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