diff --git a/source/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextConverter.java b/source/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextConverter.java
index fecaf35..e50d92c 100644
--- a/source/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextConverter.java
+++ b/source/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextConverter.java
@@ -474,27 +474,34 @@ public class TextConverter extends ConverterHelper {
         String sName = Misc.getAttribute(onode,XMLString.TEXT_NAME);
         String sStyleName = Misc.getAttribute(onode,XMLString.TEXT_STYLE_NAME);
         ////closePageSection
-        Element div = converter.createElement("div");
-        //close page before enter
-        hnode = GreenstoneTags.closePage(hnode);
-        
-        hnode.appendChild(div);
-        converter.addTarget(div,sName+"|region");
-        StyleInfo sectionInfo = new StyleInfo();
-        getSectionSc().applyStyle(sStyleName,sectionInfo);
-        applyStyle(sectionInfo,div);
-        sections.push(onode);
-        //open page after enter
-        div = (Element) GreenstoneTags.openPage(div, pageNum);
+        Element div = (Element) hnode;
+    		if (headingTags == null) {
+    			div = converter.createElement("div");
+    			// close page before enter
+    			hnode = GreenstoneTags.closePage(hnode);
+    
+    			hnode.appendChild(div);
+    			converter.addTarget(div, sName + "|region");
+    			StyleInfo sectionInfo = new StyleInfo();
+					getSectionSc().applyStyle(sStyleName, sectionInfo);
+					applyStyle(sectionInfo, div);
+					sections.push(onode);
+				  //open page after enter
+	        div = (Element) GreenstoneTags.openPage(div, pageNum);
+    		}
+       
         Node newhnode = traverseBlockText(onode, div);
+        Node result = null;
+        if (headingTags == null) {
         //close page before exit
         newhnode = GreenstoneTags.closePage(newhnode);
-        
-        Node result = newhnode.getParentNode();
+        result = newhnode.getParentNode();
         //Open page after exit
-     	result = (Element) GreenstoneTags.openPage(result, pageNum);
-        
-        sections.pop();
+     	   result = (Element) GreenstoneTags.openPage(result, pageNum);
+     	  sections.pop();
+        } else {
+        	result = newhnode;
+        }
         return result;
     }