org-mode: How to export underscore as underscore instead of highlight in HTML?

Question

I am using org-mode, and the document I am writing has a table name whose name looks like this: tab_weekly_report. When I export the document to HTML, I expect the name to exported as tab_weekly_report, but org-mode treats _ specially (as a markup character). How can I avoid this?

Answer 1

org-mode exports _ as subscripts and ^ as superscripts

The default export behavior can be customized using the menus Org -> Customize -> Browse Org Group. To update the default behavior for subscripts & superscripts, choose:

• [-]-\ Group Org Export
  • [-]-\ Group Org Export General
    • — Option Org Export With Sub Superscripts

Org Export With Sub Superscripts Examples

Examples

1. Interpret them - Default

   • Underscore_subscript becomes Underscore_subscript
   • Hat^superscript becomes Hat^superscript

2. Curly brackets only

   • Underscore_WithCurlyBrackets_{subscript} becomes Underscore_WithCurlyBrackets_subscript
   • Hat^WithCurlyBrackets^{superscript} becomes Hat^WithCurlyBrackets^superscript

3. Do not interpret them

   • Underscore_subscript becomes Underscore_subscript
   • Hat^superscript becomes Hat^superscript
   • Underscore_WithCurlyBrackets_{subscript} becomes Underscore_WithCurlyBrackets_{subscript}
   • Hat^WithCurlyBrackets^{superscript} becomes Hat^WithCurlyBrackets^{superscript}

Note: If you don't want to mess around with settings, the quick and easy solution is to disable superscripts and subscripts by setting export option for ^ to nil.

• To disable superscripts and subscripts, add the following lines to your org file:

  #+OPTIONS: ^:nil
  

Answer 2

Add the following at the beginning of your file.

#+OPTIONS: ^:nil

It should do the trick. If it doesn't, I'd check org-symbols: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-symbols.html