After I enable "column view of properties" in the attached file, export to PDF via LaTeX fails with the following error in the minibuffer: org-export-as-latex: Text is read-only: "Type `e' to edit property" Emacs : GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.0) of 2009-09-27 on palmer, modified by Debian Package: Org-mode version 6.33trans current state: ============== (setq org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook '(org-beamer-after-initial-vars) org-agenda-files '("/src/greenrd/org") org-blocker-hook '(org-block-todo-from-checkboxes org-block-todo-from-children-or-siblings-or-parent) org-checklist-export-function 'org-export-as-ascii org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current org-checklist) org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled t org-startup-folded nil org-agenda-sorting-strategy '((agenda time-up priority-down effort-up category-keep) (todo priority-down effort-up category-keep) (tags priority-down effort-up category-keep) (search category-keep)) org-agenda-prefix-format '((agenda . " %-12:c%-12:T%?-12t% s") (timeline . " % s") (todo . " %-12:c") (tags . " %-12:c") (search . " %-12:c")) org-deadline-warning-days 900 org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc-default org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done t org-export-preprocess-hook '(org-export-blocks-preprocess) org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe) org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers) org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO(t)" "QUESTION(q)" "PLANNING(p)" "PENDING(e)" "STARTED(s)" "FINISHING(f)" "|" "DONE(d)" "OBSOLETE(o)") ) org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-default-notes-file "/src/greenrd/org/remember.org" org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5] ) org-global-properties '(("Effort_ALL" . "0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00")) org-return-follows-link t org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-beamer-environments-extra '(("figure" "F" "\\begin{figure}" "\\end{figure}")) org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t org-enforce-todo-dependencies t org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-priority-start-cycle-with-default nil org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook '(org-beamer-select-beamer-code) org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines t org-modules '(org-bbdb org-bibtex org-gnus org-info org-jsinfo org-irc org-mew org-mhe org-rmail org-vm org-wl org-w3m org-checklist org-interactive-query org-man org-registry) org-remember-templates '(("Web link" 119 "* %u %c \n\n%:region\n" nil "Web links" nil)) org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header org-beamer-fix-toc org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists) org-enforce-todo-checkbox-dependencies t org-lowest-priority 70 )