Jan Willem Flamma schrieb am 24.09.18 um 08:48:
> Thank you, also for the follow up in reporting the bug.
>
> I have playing around with \item at various positions but hadn’t 
> considered using \itemtag.
>
> As a more general question:
> My understanding is that in a tabulate environment \NI is short for 
> \NC \itemtag \NC

Yes but you can also write \NI[<reference>] which is short for \NC 
\itemtag[<reference>] \NC

> Is that the case as well in a TABLE environment. E.g., \NI is short 
> for \bTD \itemtag \eTD?

There is no shortcut for the \itemtag command for natural tables.

Wolfgang