Using a recent git checkout of org-mode (f51c405), the following small org-mode file produces invalid LaTeX. I'm pretty sure it used to work. The \alpha and \beta seem to be what confuses it.
-------------------snip * Scorecards ** Product Releases | *Product* | *\alpha* | *\beta* | *Release* | *Status* | |-----------+----------+---------+-----------+----------| | test | a | b | c | d | -------------------snip Open this with emacs -Q (emacs 24), load org-mode, and C-c C-e C-d to export as LaTeX, you get the following error: ! Missing $ inserted. <inserted text> $ l.44 \textbf{Product} & \textbf{\alpha} & \textbf{\beta} & \textbf{Re... I'm no LaTeX guru, but here's the generated file: % Created 2012-09-12 Wed 12:37 \documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{fixltx2e} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{wrapfig} \usepackage{soul} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{marvosym} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{latexsym} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{hyperref} \tolerance=1000 \providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}} \title{foo} \author{} \date{\today} \hypersetup{ pdfkeywords={}, pdfsubject={}, pdfcreator={Emacs Org-mode version 7.9.1}} \begin{document} \maketitle \setcounter{tocdepth}{3} \tableofcontents \vspace*{1cm} \section{Scorecards} \label{sec-1} \subsection{Product Releases} \label{sec-1-1} \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{lllll} \textbf{Product} & \textbf{\alpha} & \textbf{\beta} & \textbf{Release} & \textbf{Status} \\ \hline test & a & b & c & d \\ \end{tabular} \end{center} \end{document} -- Gary