Exporting custom properties to PDF with org mode

Question

I am using Org-mode in Emacs and have an org document with some tasks. For some tasks, I added a custom property called PEOPLE, which lists the people involved in performing this task.

When I export this document to HTML or pdf, only properties which are "Special Properties" like DEADLINE or SCHEDULE are exported to HTML or pdf and appear in the exported document. I am not able to see the PEOPLE property when I export the document.

Is there a way to add custom properties to the "Special Properties" list of Org mode?

Answer 1

Look into using the "d:" field in the options list (http://orgmode.org/manual/Export-options.html#Export-options) or the :drawers option for html publishing (http://orgmode.org/manual/Publishing-options.html#Publishing-options). Without knowing more detail about how you are doing the exporting, that's the best advice I can give you.

Answer 2

By now what I'm doing is using this http://orgmode.org/manual/Capturing-column-view.html to add a table (with the desired properties) at the end of the document.

Answer 3

It might only work with 8.3, but you can use #+OPTIONS: prop:t or put the list of properties you want to include.

From 12.3 Export settings:

prop: Toggle inclusion of property drawers, or list properties to include (org-export-with-properties).