In (info "(org) Column groups") There's an example: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) | |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------| | / | < | | > | < | > | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 | | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 | |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------| #+TBLFM: $2=$1^2::$3=$1^3::$4=$1^4::$5=sqrt($1)::$6=sqrt(sqrt(($1))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
But it won't export (e.g. to html) correctly because [4] is interpreted as a footnote. Here's a (trimmed down) backtrace : --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Definition not found for footnote 4") signal(error ("Definition not found for footnote 4")) error("Definition not found for footnote %s" "4") org-export-get-footnote-definition (...) org-element-map (...) org-export-collect-footnote-definitions org-html-footnote-section org-html-inner-template org-export-as org-export-to-file org-html-export-to-html org-export-dispatch(nil) call-interactively(org-export-dispatch nil nil) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Emacs : GNU Emacs 25.0.50.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars) of 2015-06-11 on Aurora Package: Org-mode version 8.3beta (release_8.3beta-1216-gb856f6 @ /home/youngfrog/sources/org-mode/lisp/)