Hi All,

I'm working on using org mode for my PhD thesis.  I'd like to do this in one
large file where each headline is a single chapter.  Naturally in a thesis
there needs to be a lot of front matter: title page, abstract, signature
page, etc.  Right now, I'm doing this with something like:

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#+begin_latex


\doublespacing


\pagenumbering{roman}




\maketitle


\makeapproval




\begin{abstract}

     blah blah blah....

\end{abstract}




\tableofcontents




\pagestyle{thesis}


\newpage


\pagenumbering{arabic}

#+end_latex

* Test Chapter 1
This is a test.
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When I include the actual contents of my abstract, this preliminary material
section (the #+begin ... #+end block) is rather large.  I'd like to be able
to put this material into a headline so that I could collapse it - but I
don't want this headline exported as content of the main document.

In other words, is there a property or tag that I can add to a headline that
causes LaTeX export to ignore the fact that it is a headline (i.e. \chapter,
\section, \subsection, etc.), but still export its contents?  Something
like:

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* This is just preliminary material             :prelim:
#+begin_latex


\doublespacing


\pagenumbering{roman}




\maketitle


\makeapproval




\begin{abstract}

     blah blah blah....

\end{abstract}




\tableofcontents




\pagestyle{thesis}


\newpage


\pagenumbering{arabic}

#+end_latex

* Test Chapter 1
This is a test.
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Chris