On Jan 30, 2014 7:36 PM, "Peter Davis" <pfd@pfdstudio.com> wrote:
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> I'm finding the documentation on LaTeX export a bit thin. Where, for
example, does the author's name come from? I noticed my documents do have
my correct name, but I don't know where it's coming from. I want to add
some information. I tried
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> #+LATEX_HEADER: \author{Peter Davis (addl info)}
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> but it seemed to have no effect.

It's probably being overwritten. Try:

#+author: Peter Davis (addl info)

I'm guessing if you look at the .tex file generated by your current
attempt, you'll have your author command, followed by the default one that
org creates if there's no #+author line present.

John

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> Thank you!
> -pd
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