Hi I found parts of the solution on that list but the following example generates a table with column and row numbers.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |---+-----------+-----------+---+---| | 1 | x1 | | | | | 2 | some data | more data | | | |---+-----------+-----------+---+---| | 3 | more | data | | | | 4 | | | | | | 5 | | | | | #+TBLFM: @1=vlen(@I$1..0);EN::$1=@#-1 I am not sure whether this is the most elegant or robust solution but maybe some words in the manual wouldn't harm. Uwe Brauer