Peter Salazar <cycleofsong@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks for the responses!
>
> John: Oh yes, of course. Sorry about that. inimal org file and config files are here. I had to make the org file long enough to make several pages, so the header displays. Here you
> go: 
> https://github.com/petersalazar/org-troubleshooting
>
> Rasmus: #+OPTIONS: num:0 is what I started from. When I do that, the resulting PDF has no Table of Contents, and the header displays the section title as "Contents." 
>
> The same thing happens with #+LATEX: \setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}.
>
> Richard: Your idea about 
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{...}
>
> sounds very promising! I'd love to know what the exact command is! 

The quick-and-dirty solution is

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\thesection}{}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\thesubsection}{}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}{}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

That's enough for the default secnumdepth of 3, but if you make that
bigger, you'll have to make it even dirtier:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\theparagraph}{}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\thesubparagraph}{}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

There is probably a cleaner way, but that would require cleverness
and I don't have any right now.

BTW, this turns off section numbers in the TOC as well, not just in the
body of the document.
--
Nick