Wolfgang,
   thank you very much, for the solution to the problem I was having.  
   I am surprised tha placelegend was necessary. I thought that simiply
   putting the placefootnotes inside the caption would be sufficient.  

   The solution you provided works well.  Much appreciated.

 ----  

Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Am 06.07.2013 um 11:09 schrieb hwit...@gmail.com:
> 
> > 
> > I'Ve been trying dozens of combinations to try to reduce the vertical space 
> > between the a table and the local footer to some items in the table, but 
> > have just been running into a wall.
> > 
> > Here is a minimal example.   For my application there is just too much 
> > space between the bottom of the table and the footnote.   That is the 
> > problem.  Also is there a more elegant way to get the footnote aligned 
> > under the table to the left side.  I am using narrower to force it to 
> > postion.  This doesn't show up right in the minimal, but it works.
> > 
> > Help in solving this would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > %----------------
> > 
> > \defineconversion[fnsym][\m{\dagger},\m{*},\m{**},\m{***}]  % footnote 
> > header symbols
> > 
> > \starttext
> > \subject{Subject Name}
> >        \blank
> >  \startlocalfootnotes   % [conversion=set fnsym]
> >  \setupnotation[footnote][numberconversion=fnsym,rule=off] % change 
> > footnote symbols
> > \midaligned 
> >  {
> >  \placetable[here,none][]{}
> >    {
> >    \setuptables[bodyfont=10pt,after=\nowhitespace,spaceafter=none]
> >     \starttable[|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|]
> >     \HL
> >     \VL X-ITEM \VL  \VL$\oplus$ \footnote[hanzi]{Traditional Characters} \VL
> >                          \VL$\oplus$ \note[hanzi]\VL\VL$\oplus$ \VL 
> > \VL$\oplus$  \VL\MR
> >     \VL Y-ITEM    \VL  \VL$\oplus$ \VL  \VL$\oplus$ \VL 
> >                     \VL$\oplus$ \VL \VL$\oplus$  \VL\MR
> >     \HL
> >     \stoptable 
> >    }
> >  }
> > \setupnarrower[left=2.5cm]  % to align footnote under the table
> > \startnarrower[left]
> >   \placelocalfootnotes[here]
> > \stopnarrower
> > 
> >   \stoplocalfootnotes
> > \setupnotation[footnote][numberconversion=n,rule=on]  % restore footnotes 
> > to global 
> > 
> > \stoptext
> 
> Slightly modified solution I already wrote three hours ago for another thread 
> regarding a similar question:
> 
> \defineconversion[fnsym][\m{\dagger},\m{*},\m{**},\m{***}]
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \subject{Subject Name}
> 
> \startplacetable[location={force,none}]
>       \startlocalfootnotes \setupnotation[footnote][numberconversion=fnsym]
>               \startplacelegend
>                       \startcontent
>                               \starttable[|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|][bodyfont=10pt]
>                               \HL
>                               \VL X-ITEM
>                               \VL
>                               \VL $\oplus$\footnote[hanzi]{Traditional 
> Characters}
>                               \VL
>                               \VL $\oplus$\note[hanzi]
>                               \VL
>                               \VL $\oplus$
>                               \VL
>                               \VL $\oplus$
>                               \VL\MR
>                               \VL Y-ITEM
>                               \VL
>                               \VL $\oplus$
>                               \VL
>                               \VL$\oplus$
>                               \VL 
>                               \VL $\oplus$
>                               \VL
>                               \VL $\oplus$
>                               \VL\MR
>                               \HL
>                               \stoptable 
>                       \stopcontent
>                       \startcaption
>                               \placelocalfootnotes
>                       \stopcaption
>               \stopplacelegend
>       \stoplocalfootnotes
> \stopplacetable
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> Wolfgang
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