Hi everybody I used --------------------------- \definecolumnset[example][n=2] \definecolumnset[innerexample][n=2] \starttext \startcolumnset[example] \dorecurse{15}{\input knuth\par} \startcolumnset[innerexample] \input knuth\par \stopcolumnset \dorecurse{15}{\input knuth\par} \stopcolumnset \stoptext --------------------------- but nothing happened, can I use columns inside another column? -- Sincerely yours, Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------