I am just a regular user of org-mode but I reproduced you problem and I think you shoul use C-j to make a newline before the table.
Because when point is on an orgtbl the return key is bound to orgtbl-ret and at first glance it looks nontrivial to implement the behavior you ask for. But I am not a org-developer, this was just some thoughts. /Mikael Fornius _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode