Tables

— Tutorials —	— How-to Guides —
A tutorial is an experience that takes place under the guidance of a tutor. A tutorial is always learning-oriented. Natural tables with TABLE the recommended way (similar to HTML tables) Tabulate tabulation can be use for simple requirements Creating booktabs-like tables	How-to guides are directions that guide the reader through a problem or towards a result. How-to guides are goal-oriented. Extreme tables with xtable (mostly compatible to natural tables, better for page breaking) Floats Tutorials about floats and captions Floating objects details to position and number tables. If you have simple tables with lots of contents, and you're tired of typing \bTR\bTDs or \NC\NRs, you can also have a look at: Database module and its manual File:csv.pdf. Wikitable, a TABLE wrapper that uses MediaWiki syntax Overview of table environments features Wiki pages in Tables category
— Explanation —	— Reference —
Explanation is a discursive treatment of a subject, that permits reflection. Explanation is understanding-oriented. Natural Tables in ConTEXt – Examples (2024) Extreme Tables in ConTeXt MkIV (2018) Simple Spreadsheets in ConTeXt MkIV (2016)	Reference guides are technical descriptions of the machinery and how to operate it. Reference material is information-oriented. Command categories Tables

Warning about deprecated stuff

We keep material for backward compatibility of former version. But it is not recommanded to use the following environment:

• Table (deprecated) (TaBlE)
• Tables (deprecated) (TaBlE multipage)
• Linetable (experimental and deprecated) ("new" multipage tables)