Document Classes ⇒ Changing abstract section name in the Memoir class

[kaisquared]

Hello!

I am currently working on my MSc thesis and I use the memoir class, with the abstract environment. The title "abstract" is fine for an article, but for a thesis it would be "summary", so I looked up on the Memoir class manual how to change this. There is indeed a variable \abstractname, but I don't understand how I should modify it to change the abstract title. I used renewcommand and renewcommand*, as \newcommand*{\abstractname}{Abstract} appears in the .cls file, but it didn't work. I then tried putting the command inside the environment, before, in the preamble… and it still doesn't.

Would you know how to properly use this command?

Thanks a lot!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

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\renewcommand*\abstractname{Summary}
 
 
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in my preamble works for me.

Stefan

[kaisquared]

Well, it still doesn't for me!

Maybe it's got something to do with the packages I've loaded – some of them might reset the name, although it's unlikely.

Could you put in a copy of your preamble?

Thanks a lot.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

My compilable minimal working example is:

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{memoir}
\renewcommand*\abstractname{Summary}
\begin{document}
\begin{abstract}
 summary test
\end{abstract}
\end{document}
 
 
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Perhaps show your preamble, we could look for the cause by examining that.

Stefan

[kaisquared]

Here goes. Some parts should be irrelevant, but you never know. By the way, your example works for me, too. So there is definitely some conflict or redefinition.

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\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}%switch to latin9 for UTF8 encoding
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[hmargin = 1.0in, top = 1.25in, bottom = 1.00in, footskip = 2em]{geometry}
\usepackage[]{fourier}
\usepackage{amsmath, amsfonts, amssymb, amsthm, enumerate, dsfont, stmaryrd, algorithmic, algorithm}
\usepackage[round]{natbib}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\definecolor{MyDarkRed}{rgb}{0.9,0.2,0.2}
\usepackage{pgf, pgffor}
\usepgflibrary{plothandlers}
\usepackage[absolute]{textpos}
\usepackage[pdfstartview=FitH]{hyperref}
\usepackage{memhfixc}
\renewcommand*\abstractname{Summary}
%\abstractintoc
% *************** Operators *************
\DeclareMathOperator{\sgn}{sgn}
\DeclareMathOperator{\e}{e}
\DeclareMathOperator{\esssup}{ess\:sup}
\DeclareMathOperator{\Var}{Var}
\DeclareMathOperator{\Cov}{Cov}
\DeclareMathOperator{\Corr}{Corr}
\DeclareMathOperator{\VaR}{VaR}
\DeclareMathOperator{\LVaR}{L--VaR}
% *************** Macros ****************
\newcommand{\ds}{\displaystyle}
\newcommand{\N}{\mathbb{N}}
\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}}
\newcommand{\C}{\mathbb{C}}
\newcommand{\F}{\mathcal{F}}
\newcommand{\norm}{\mathcal{N}}
\newcommand{\skn}{\sum_{k=1}^N{}}
 
 
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[Stefan Kottwitz]

It's caused by babel, change

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\renewcommand*\abstractname{Summary}
 
 
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\addto\captionsenglish{\renewcommand*\abstractname{Summary}}
 
 
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Stefan

[kaisquared]

Thanks a lot!

Could you explain to me quickly how you identified the problem and how Babel behaves on this particular point?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I simply knew it, it's a frequently asked question, concerning some LaTeX names, I remembered that when I noticed babel was loaded. You will find a good explanation here in the UK TeX FAQ: Changing the words babel uses.

Stefan

[spiegboy]

Does it mean that for english users ,there is no need to load babel package