Hi the following document --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- #+startup: beamer #+STARTUP: oddeven #+LATEX_CLASS: beamer #+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [bigger] #+BEAMER_THEME: Madrid #+BEAMER_COLOR_THEME: spruce #+OPTIONS: H:2 toc:t #+SELECT_TAGS: export #+EXCLUDE_TAGS: noexport * Level 1 :presentation: ** Frame 1 Some Text --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- becomes exported as ,---- | % Created 2016-05-24 Tue 12:45 | % Intended LaTeX compiler: pdflatex | \documentclass[bigger]{beamer} | \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} | \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} | \usepackage{graphicx} | \usepackage{grffile} | \usepackage{longtable} | \usepackage{wrapfig} | \usepackage{rotating} | \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} | \usepackage{amsmath} | \usepackage{textcomp} | \usepackage{amssymb} | \usepackage{capt-of} | \usepackage{hyperref} | \usepackage{color} | \usepackage{listings} | \usetheme{Madrid} | \usecolortheme{spruce} | \author{Rainer M. Krug} | \date{\today} | \title{} | \hypersetup{ | pdfauthor={Rainer M. Krug}, | pdftitle={}, | pdfkeywords={}, | pdfsubject={}, | pdfcreator={Emacs 25.0.94.1 (Org mode 8.3.4)}, | pdflang={English}} | \begin{document} | | \begin{frame}{Outline} | \tableofcontents | \end{frame} | | | \section{Level 1\hfill{}\textsc{presentation}} | \label{sec:org46cc55c} | \begin{frame}[label={sec:org8dc9e52}]{Frame 1} | Some Text | \end{frame} | \end{document} `---- Please not that the tag :presentation: becomes exported as part of the header. I would like to use the tags to filter for export, so they should not become part otf the headers. GNU Emacs 25.0.94.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.4.0, Carbon Version 157 AppKit 1404.46) of 2016-05-24 Org-mode version 8.3.4 (release_8.3.4-842-g58f5def @ /Users/rainerkrug/.emacs.d/org-mode/lisp/) Cheers, Rainer -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: Rainer@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982