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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>UNRESTRICTED | ILLIMITÉ<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks for the replies that have been provided to help clarify this issue.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s great to know all of the alternatives.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In particular, one that was posted to me privately bears official repeating here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>\documentclass{article}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>\begin{document}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>\section{Using \textunderscore\ in Section Title}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>some text<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>\end{document}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>seems to work just fine.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you add \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} you'll even get a bold underscore (it will use the CMSuper font family then).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, I’m still interested in a definitive answer to the question I posed in the bottom of the submission,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>so I will repeat it:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In my short example, using \symbol{'137} worked<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>whereas using \symbol{`\_} did not.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Why is this?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is the \symbol{'137} form simpler and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>therefore works because it is expanded earlier?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If anyone could provide a short explanation,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think it would be helpful both to me and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>everyone else who might contemplate this type<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of a solution in the future.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thomas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>