--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2003/08/13 18:57:28	1.272
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2003/08/21 15:51:41	1.273
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.272 2003/08/13 18:57:28 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.273 2003/08/21 15:51:41 sakharuk Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ sub latex_special_symbols {
     if ($where eq 'header') {
 	$string =~ s/(\\|_|\^)/ /g;
 	$string =~ s/(\$|%|\#|&|\{|\})/\\$1/g;
+	$string =~ s/_/ /g;
     } else {
 	$string=~s/\\ /\\char92 /g;
 	$string=~s/\^/\\char94 /g;