Ali Tofigh wrote: >i'm using org version 6.36. writing *bold* text does not work in >second level headings, which is very weird since it works in all other >levels (i've tried up to 60 levels...). For example try the following: >* text *bold* text >** text *bold* text >*** text *bold* text I can confirm this even for 6.21b, shipped with GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.2) of 2009-11-02 on raven, modified by Debian The substring *bold* in a second level headline does not have to face "bold" (M-x describe-face RET). HTH -- David -- OpenPGP... 0x99ADB83B5A4478E6 Jabber.... dmjena@jabber.org Email..... dmaus@ictsoc.de