Start emacs with `emacs -Q' Create a Org file `test.org' Copy the following table into that file and save. |---------------+---------------------------------| | Plugins | How to install | |---------------+---------------------------------| | Bookmark plus | Create a folder "bookmark-plus" | | Company-mode | Create a folder "company" | |---------------+---------------------------------| Double click on the word `Create' (to select it) in the third row and press `:'. Expected output: |---------------+---------------------------------| | Plugins | How to install | |---------------+---------------------------------| | Bookmark plus | Create a folder "bookmark-plus" | | Company-mode | Create: a folder "company" | |---------------+---------------------------------| Actual output: |---------------+---------------------------------| | Plugins | How to install | |---------------+---------------------------------| | Bookmark plus | Create a folder "bookmark-plus" | | Company-mode | | |---:------------+---------------------------------| This can be reproduce by pressing any other character keys, ex. a-z, ( { [ " etc. In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16.2) of 2015-04-22 on buildhw-10.phx2.fedoraproject.org Windowing system distributor `Fedora Project', version 11.0.11702000 Configured using: `configure --build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix= --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib64 --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-dbus --with-gif --with-jpeg --with-png --with-rsvg --with-tiff --with-xft --with-xpm --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-gpm=no build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu 'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic' LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro' Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. Making completion list... Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message format-spec rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util help-fns mail-prsvr mail-utils help-mode easymenu time-date tooltip electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind gfilenotify dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs) Memory information: ((conses 16 72390 5112) (symbols 48 17647 0) (miscs 40 36 113) (strings 32 9239 4277) (string-bytes 1 254414) (vectors 16 8986) (vector-slots 8 383759 19219) (floats 8 64 222) (intervals 56 289 4) (buffers 960 12) (heap 1024 34048 744)) Thanks, Rittwik