Markus Mehrwald schrieb: > I tried > rftemp=\begin{tabular}{r}r@{\pd@@rf} \\ r@{\theslide}\end{tabular} > but it is the same problem is with a simple \\. It does not work. this should be rftemp=\begin{tabular}{r@{}}\pd@@rf \\ \theslide\end{tabular} and part of \makeatletter ...\makeatother if not in a style file. Herbert