Document Classes ⇒ Changing a Content Heading for its Spanish equivalent

[Vikthor]

Sorry I am new in the forum. I am working on a book in Spanish and I need to change the title of the content table from "Content" to "Indice." How do I do that?

Here is what I have:

\documentclass[12pt]{report}

\usepackage{amstext,amsthm,amsmath,amssymb,amscd,amsfonts,graphicx,latexsym,astron,setspace}



\textwidth 4in
\topmargin -0.5in
\textheight 9in
\parindent 0em
\oddsidemargin 1.5in
\evensidemargin 1.5in
\parskip 2ex



\hyphenation{article}

%\includeonly{chap4}

\begin{document}
%define the title

\title{\bf REFUGIADO DEL OLVIDO\\
VERSOS DESTERRADOS}

\author{\\
\\
V\'ictor M. Torres-V\'elez}
\\

%\copyright V\'ictor M. Torres-V\'elez , 2008}
%generates the title
\maketitle

%\include{abstract}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\setcounter{page}{3}


%\include{acknowledgments}

\newpage


\begin{spacing}{0}
\tableofcontents
\end{spacing}


%\listoftables
%\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\dotfill}


%\listoffigures
%\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\dotfill}


\newpage

{\baselineskip 21pt
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\include{siempre}
\include{jamas}
\include{arena}
\include{minotauro}
\include{calles}
\include{petalos_1}
\include{petalosdos}
\include{olvido}
\include{cataclismo}
\include{puerto}
\include{vertigo}
\include{andrea}
\include{sombras}
\include{pendenciero}

}
%\include{referen}
%\include{apend}


\bibliographystyle{humannat}
\bibliography{vicbib3.bib}

%\nocite{*}
\end{document}

[localghost]

That's a job for babel.

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\usepackage[spanish]{babel}

Refer to the documentation for further details.

You should not load the packages with one command, but separately because they may have different options. Page dimensions and layout are better set with geometry. Packages and their documentations can be found on CTAN.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten¹

[gmedina]

Hi,

as localghost suggested, use the babel package with the spanish option. This will produce "Índice" (for the article class) and "Índice general" (for the report and book classes); if you still want to make some changes to this predefined name, then use \addto\captionsspanish, as illustrated below:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}

\addto\captionsspanish{%
  \renewcommand\contentsname{Lo deseado}}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
 
\end{document}

[Vikthor]

Wow!!! Thanks a lot. I will look into all your suggestions. Somehow I managed to do a dissertation in Latext but it was in English. Again, thanks you for your promptly response, it is good to know that you can get help. Hasta la victoria siempre.