% taken from the condensed manual Here is a practical and good example of a
% table that mergest cells both vertically and horizontally.

\setuppagenumbering[state=stop, way=bytext]
\enableregime[utf]
\starttext
\placetable
  [here,force]
  [tab:examplecontextcommands]
  {Effect of \CONTEXT\ formatting commands.}
\starttable[|l|c|c|c|c|]
\HL
\VL \FIVE \JustCenter{City council elections in 1994}    \VL\SR
\HL
\VL \LOW{Party} \VL \THREE{Districts}   \VL \LOW{Total} \VL\SR
\DC             \DL[3]                  \DC                \DR
\VL             \VL 1   \VL 2   \VL 3   \VL             \VL\SR
\HL
\VL PvdA        \VL 351 \VL 433 \VL 459 \VL 1243        \VL\FR
\VL CDA         \VL 346 \VL 350 \VL 285 \VL ~981        \VL\MR
\VL VVD         \VL 140 \VL 113 \VL 132 \VL ~385        \VL\MR
\VL HKV/RPF/SGP \VL 348 \VL 261 \VL 158 \VL ~767        \VL\MR
\VL GPV         \VL 117 \VL 192 \VL 291 \VL ~600        \VL\LR
\HL
\stoptable
\stoptext