LaTeX: Table rows alternating between column and notes-row?

In the end, this is what I made out of the very nice answers the tex gurus came up with - just in case anyone else ever needs this ;) documentclass12pt,a4paper,oneside,landscape{article} \usepackageT1{fontenc} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackagengerman{babel} \usepackage{ragged2e} \usepackage{array} \usepackagetable{xcolor} \usepackagea4paper, left=0.6cm, right=0.5cm,top=3.7cm, bottom=0.5cm{geometry} \usepackage{graphicx,type1cm,eso-pic} \makeatletter \AddToShipoutPictureBG{ \setlength{\@tempdimb}{.5\paperwidth} \setlength{\@tempdimc}{0.85\paperheight} \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt} \put(\strip@pt\@tempdimb,\strip@pt\@tempdimc){ \makebox(0,0){\rotatebox{0}{\textcolorgray{.4} {\fontsize{2cm}{2cm}\selectfont{Amateurfunk-Log DC1TS}}}}} } \AddToShipoutPicture*{ \setlength{\@tempdimb}{0.02\paperwidth} \setlength{\@tempdimc}{0.12\paperheight} \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt} \put(\strip@pt\@tempdimb,\strip@pt\@tempdimc){ \makebox(0,0){\rotatebox{270}{\textcolorgray{0.65} {\fontsize{1cm}{1cm}\selectfont{Seite 025}}}}} } \newcolumntype{M}1{>{\Centering}m{#1}} \newcolumntype{C}{>{\rule-3ex{0pt}{8ex}}c} \begin{document} \sffamily \rowcolors{3}{gray!5}{white} \begin{tabular}{ | M{2cm} %Datum | M{1.3cm} %Zeit Start | M{1.3cm} %Zeit Ende | M{2cm} %Frequenz | M{1.5cm} %Mode | M{3cm} %Rufzeichen | M{3cm} %Name | M{3cm} %QTH | M{1.3cm} %Power | M{0.9cm} %Report gegeben | M{0.9cm} %Report erhalten | M{0.8cm} %QSL gesendet | M{0.8cm} %QSL erhalten |} \hline Datum & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{Zeit UTC} & Frequenz & Mode & Rufzeichen & Name & QTH & Power & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{Report} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{QSL} \\ 1ex & Start & Ende & (MHz) & & & & & (W) & geg. & empf. & ges.

& erh. \\ 1ex \hline \hline & : & : & & & & & & & & & & \\ 4ex \hline \multicolumn{13}{|C|}{\textcolor{black!10}{\Huge\bfseries Notizen}}\\\hline \hline & : & : & & & & & & & & & & \\ 4ex \hline \multicolumn{13}{|C|}{\textcolor{black!10}{\Huge\bfseries Notizen}}\\\hline \hline & : & : & & & & & & & & & & \\ 4ex \hline \multicolumn{13}{|C|}{\textcolor{black!10}{\Huge\bfseries Notizen}}\\\hline \hline & : & : & & & & & & & & & & \\ 4ex \hline \multicolumn{13}{|C|}{\textcolor{black!10}{\Huge\bfseries Notizen}}\\\hline \hline & : & : & & & & & & & & & & \\ 4ex \hline \multicolumn{13}{|C|}{\textcolor{black!10}{\Huge\bfseries Notizen}}\\\hline \end{tabular} \end{document}.

In the end, this is what I made out of the very nice answers the tex gurus came up with - just in case anyone else ever needs this ;) \documentclass12pt,a4paper,oneside,landscape{article} \usepackageT1{fontenc} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackagengerman{babel} \usepackage{ragged2e} \usepackage{array} \usepackagetable{xcolor} \usepackagea4paper, left=0.6cm, right=0.5cm,top=3.7cm, bottom=0.5cm{geometry} \usepackage{graphicx,type1cm,eso-pic} \makeatletter \AddToShipoutPictureBG{ \setlength{\@tempdimb}{.5\paperwidth} \setlength{\@tempdimc}{0.85\paperheight} \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt} \put(\strip@pt\@tempdimb,\strip@pt\@tempdimc){ \makebox(0,0){\rotatebox{0}{\textcolorgray{.4} {\fontsize{2cm}{2cm}\selectfont{Amateurfunk-Log DC1TS}}}}} } \AddToShipoutPicture*{ \setlength{\@tempdimb}{0.02\paperwidth} \setlength{\@tempdimc}{0.12\paperheight} \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt} \put(\strip@pt\@tempdimb,\strip@pt\@tempdimc){ \makebox(0,0){\rotatebox{270}{\textcolorgray{0.65} {\fontsize{1cm}{1cm}\selectfont{Seite 025}}}}} } \newcolumntype{M}1{>{\Centering}m{#1}} \newcolumntype{C}{>{\rule-3ex{0pt}{8ex}}c} \begin{document} \sffamily \rowcolors{3}{gray!5}{white} \begin{tabular}{ | M{2cm} %Datum | M{1.3cm} %Zeit Start | M{1.3cm} %Zeit Ende | M{2cm} %Frequenz | M{1.5cm} %Mode | M{3cm} %Rufzeichen | M{3cm} %Name | M{3cm} %QTH | M{1.3cm} %Power | M{0.9cm} %Report gegeben | M{0.9cm} %Report erhalten | M{0.8cm} %QSL gesendet | M{0.8cm} %QSL erhalten |} \hline Datum & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{Zeit UTC} & Frequenz & Mode & Rufzeichen & Name & QTH & Power & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{Report} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{QSL} \\ 1ex & Start & Ende & (MHz) & & & & & (W) & geg. & empf. & ges.

& erh. \\ 1ex \hline \hline & : & : & & & & & & & & & & \\ 4ex \hline \multicolumn{13}{|C|}{\textcolor{black!10}{\Huge\bfseries Notizen}}\\\hline \hline & : & : & & & & & & & & & & \\ 4ex \hline \multicolumn{13}{|C|}{\textcolor{black!10}{\Huge\bfseries Notizen}}\\\hline \hline & : & : & & & & & & & & & & \\ 4ex \hline \multicolumn{13}{|C|}{\textcolor{black!10}{\Huge\bfseries Notizen}}\\\hline \hline & : & : & & & & & & & & & & \\ 4ex \hline \multicolumn{13}{|C|}{\textcolor{black!10}{\Huge\bfseries Notizen}}\\\hline \hline & : & : & & & & & & & & & & \\ 4ex \hline \multicolumn{13}{|C|}{\textcolor{black!10}{\Huge\bfseries Notizen}}\\\hline \end{tabular} \end{document}.

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