layout.xml

<Layout
  xmlns="urn:speedata.de:2009/publisher/en"
  xmlns:sd="urn:speedata:2009/publisher/functions/en">
  <Trace objects="yes" grid="no"/>
  <Pageformat height="330mm" width="230mm"/>
  <SetGrid nx="10" ny="50"/>

  <Record element="data">
    <Loop select="3">
      <SetVariable variable="valign" select="sd:alternating('v', 'top', 'middle', 'bottom')"/>
      <Loop select="3">
        <SetVariable variable="align" select="sd:alternating('h', 'left', 'center', 'right')"/>
        <PlaceObject>
          <Textblock width="3">
            <Paragraph>
              <Value>valign: </Value>
              <Value select="$valign"/>
              <Value>, align: </Value>
              <Value select="$align"/>
            </Paragraph>
          </Textblock>
        </PlaceObject>
        <NextRow />
        <Loop select="18" variable="i">
          <PlaceObject>
            <Table fontfamily="text">
              <Columns>
                <Column width="2cm"/>
                <Column width="3cm"/>
                <Column width="3cm"/>
                <Column width="2cm"/>
              </Columns>
              <Tr valign="{$valign}" minheight="2.5cm">
                <Td>
                  <Paragraph><Value select="$i"></Value><Value>: text</Value></Paragraph>
                </Td>
                <Td align="{$align}" rotate="{ ($i - 1) * -20}">
                  <Paragraph>
                    <Value>rotated</Value><Br/><Value>text by </Value>
                    <Value select="($i - 1) * -20"/>
                    <Value>°</Value>
                  </Paragraph>
                </Td>
                <Td align="{$align}" rotate="{ ($i - 1) * -20}">
                  <Image file="ocean.pdf" width="1cm"/>
                </Td>
                <Td>
                  <Paragraph><Value>text</Value></Paragraph>
                </Td>
              </Tr>
            </Table>
          </PlaceObject>
        </Loop>
        <ClearPage/>
      </Loop>
    </Loop>
  </Record>
</Layout>