The following code creates the desired output in MKII but the \par commands appear to be ignored by MKIV:
\starttext \type+{\framed[frame=off,align=middle]+ \par \type+ \{\placefigure [here]+ \par \type+ {none}+ \par \type+ {\externalfigure[frontispiece][width=\textwidth]}}}+ \par \par \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________