I ran into another table that is not properly handled:
cat > tabell2.adoc << EOF .Prosent kjøpere i A-utvalget etter salgsutsatthet og holdning til direktesalg |=== 2+| 2+| Holdning til direktesalg .2+| Prosent forskjell .2+| N 2+| | +/- | - - .2+| Salgs- utsatthet | Lav | 16 | 13 | +3 | 1097 | Høy | 37 | 30 | +7 | 512 2+| Prosentforskjell | -21 | -17 2+| 2+| N | 630 | 979 | | 1609 |=== EOF cat > Makefile <<EOF all: tabell.pdf tabell-fop.pdf tabell.xml: tabell.adoc asciidoctor -b docbook5 -d book tabell.adoc tabell.pdf: tabell.xml dblatex tabell.xml tabell-fop.fo: tabell.xml xsltproc --output tabell-fop.fo ../data/stylesheet-fo.xsl tabell.xml tabell-fop.pdf: tabell-fop.fo fop -c ../data/fop-params.xconf -fo tabell-fop.fo -pdf tabell-fop.pdf tabell2.xml: tabell2.adoc asciidoctor -b docbook5 -d book tabell2.adoc tabell2.pdf: tabell2.xml dblatex tabell2.xml tabell2-fop.fo: tabell2.xml xsltproc --output tabell2-fop.fo ../data/stylesheet-fo.xsl tabell2.xml tabell2-fop.pdf: tabell2-fop.fo fop -c ../data/fop-params.xconf -fo tabell2-fop.fo -pdf tabell2-fop.pdf EOF If I remove the 2+ part from the start of the last two rows, the build succeed. This is the docbook XML generated: <table frame="all" rowsep="1" colsep="1"> <title>Prosent kjøpere i A-utvalget etter salgsutsatthet og holdning til direktesalg</title> <tgroup cols="6"> <colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="16.6666*"/> <colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="16.6666*"/> <colspec colname="col_3" colwidth="16.6666*"/> <colspec colname="col_4" colwidth="16.6666*"/> <colspec colname="col_5" colwidth="16.6666*"/> <colspec colname="col_6" colwidth="16.667*"/> <tbody> <row> <entry align="left" valign="top" namest="col_1" nameend="col_2"></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top" namest="col_3" nameend="col_4"><simpara>Holdning til direktesalg</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top" morerows="1"><simpara>Prosent forskjell</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top" morerows="1"><simpara>N</simpara></entry> </row> <row> <entry align="left" valign="top" namest="col_1" nameend="col_2"></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>+/-</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>- -</simpara></entry> </row> <row> <entry align="left" valign="top" morerows="1"><simpara>Salgs- utsatthet</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>Lav</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>16</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>13</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>+3</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>1097</simpara></entry> </row> <row> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>Høy</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>37</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>30</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>+7</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>512</simpara></entry> </row> <row> <entry align="left" valign="top" namest="col_1" nameend="col_2"><simpara>Prosentforskjell</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>-21</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>-17</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top" namest="col_4" nameend="col_5"></entry> </row> <row> <entry align="left" valign="top" namest="col_1" nameend="col_2"><simpara>N</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>630</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>979</simpara></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"></entry> <entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>1609</simpara></entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen