Headlines that skip levels by accident or typo, for instance copying from another document, disappear from the latex export output without warning. See below for minimum working example. HTML and ascii don't have this issue.
Org version 7.8.10 on Emacs 23.3.1. This is the old exporter, I haven't tried the new one yet. -------------------- MWE.org * First heading Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam mi purus, placerat sed sodales tempus, interdum et felis. Nullam fringilla elementum tincidunt. Aenean risus augue, adipiscing sed blandit eget, ** Second heading Mauris a quam justo, ut euismod nisi. Cras volutpat sapien non urna dapibus non sollicitudin leo viverra. Curabitur consequat risus ut diam elementum sit amet ultrices diam suscipit. In et erat dolor, et **** Fourth heading missing You can't see me! Phasellus ut velit odio, imperdiet mollis nulla. Fusce commodo magna at velit egestas id suscipit ligula pretium. Aenean dui lorem, scelerisque in luctus sed, aliquam id tortor. Morbi ut orci sit amet * Fifth heading Donec sed odio ac nisi dignissim egestas. Mauris faucibus nibh ultricies mauris ultrices dignissim. Vestibulum imperdiet hendrerit cursus. Ut tempus auctor felis, a vestibulum lorem condimentum ---------------------- MWE.tex \documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{article} \providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}} \title{MWE} \author{adamsrl} \date{\today} \hypersetup{ pdfkeywords={}, pdfsubject={}, pdfcreator={Emacs Org-mode version 7.8.10}} \begin{document} \maketitle \setcounter{tocdepth}{4} \tableofcontents \vspace*{1cm} \section{First heading} \label{sec-1} Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam mi purus, placerat sed sodales tempus, interdum et felis. Nullam fringilla elementum tincidunt. Aenean risus augue, adipiscing sed blandit eget, \subsection{Second heading} \label{sec-1-1} Mauris a quam justo, ut euismod nisi. Cras volutpat sapien non urna dapibus non sollicitudin leo viverra. Curabitur consequat risus ut diam elementum sit amet ultrices diam suscipit. In et erat dolor, et \section{Fifth heading} \label{sec-2} Donec sed odio ac nisi dignissim egestas. Mauris faucibus nibh ultricies mauris ultrices dignissim. Vestibulum imperdiet hendrerit cursus. Ut tempus auctor felis, a vestibulum lorem condimentum \end{document} ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams rlad...@adamsinfoserv.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3