Carsten, I've found part of the problem but I don't know the cause. The *.tex file was generated with curly brackets (e.g. \section{\textbf\{TODO\} Task 1}) - i've attached the *.tex file And if I remove the slashes(*\ \)* signs the latex code will be something like this (e.g \section{\textbf{TODO} Task 1}) and by exporting it to PDF it looks ok. The value of the variable *Org Export Latex Todo Keyword Markup* is * \textbf{%s}* * * So it seems that somewhere on the road some slash signs are added without permission. Thanks again, Rares I've attached also my *.emacs* file and the tex file output from the org file. On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote: > Hi, > > I cannot reproduce this problem. > > Best wishes > > - Carsten > > > On Aug 16, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Rares Pop wrote: > > Hi Carsten, >> >> I've attached the org file and the exported PDF file. >> >> I'm using org-6.35i and export settings are the default ones. >> >> Thanks again for trying to help, >> Rares >> >> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Carsten Dominik < >> carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Rares Pop wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> sorry for the beautifier question. >> I'm trying to export an org document with some TODO tasks to a PDF file. >> And I get the output in the PDF file for the TODO keyword like this: >> {TODO} >> >> But i want it simple >> >> TODO or [TODO]. >> >> I don't want to have those curly brackets at the beginning and the end of >> the TODO keyword. >> >> Hi Rares, >> >> how about you post an example file for people to reproduce the issue? >> And then say exactly how you exported it, with what setup? >> >> - Carsten >> >> >> >> > > - Carsten > > > >