Columnsets provide you the possibility to place column spanning pictures: Willi
\definecolumnset[Doublecoltext][n=2,balance=no] \setupcolumnset[Doublecoltext][2][distance=5mm] \starttext \startcolumnset[Doublecoltext] \chapter[chap:testing]{Testing} \input knuth %\startpostponing \placefigure [btlr][fig:foo] {none} {\externalfigure[mill][width=1.5\textwidth,height=5cm]} %\stoppostponing \input tufte \input knuth \input tufte \input knuth \input tufte \stopcolumnset \stoptext On 30 Jun 2011, at 01:24, Jason Earl wrote: > \starttext > \startcolumns > \chapter[chap:testing]{Testing} > > \startcolumns[n=2, tolerant=verytolerant] > \input knuth > > %\startpostponing > \placefigure > [center][fig:foo] > {none} > {\externalfigure[foo][] > [width=1.5\textwidth]} > %\stoppostponing > > \input tufte > > \input knuth > > \input tufte > > \input knuth > > \input tufte > > \stopcolumns > \stoptext ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________