Text Formatting ⇒ modifing the abstract position

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Hi
I need to have the following
Abstract: Texte
I used

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\renewcommand*\abstractname{Abstract\hfill}

I obtained:
Abstract
Texte
What should I add?
Thanks

[localghost]

It is essential to know the used document class.


Best regards
Thorsten

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I use
\documentclass{article}

[localghost]

Changing the appearance of this environment is not simply done with redefining the abstract name. We have to borrow some code from the article class and rewrite the relevant part of the concerned code. The modifications are shown below.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\title{Modifcation of the \texttt{abstract} environment}
\author{NELLLY}

\makeatletter
\if@titlepage
  \renewenvironment{abstract}{%
      \titlepage
      \null\vfil
      \@beginparpenalty\@lowpenalty
      \begin{center}%
        \bfseries \abstractname
        \@endparpenalty\@M
      \end{center}}%
     {\par\vfil\null\endtitlepage}
\else
  \renewenvironment{abstract}{%
      \if@twocolumn
        \section*{\abstractname}%
      \else
        \small
        \list{}{%
          \settowidth{\labelwidth}{\textbf{\abstractname:}}
          \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth}
          \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep}
        }
        \item[\textbf{\abstractname:}]

      \fi}
      {\if@twocolumn\else\endlist\fi}
\fi
\makeatother

\begin{document}
  \maketitle
  \begin{abstract}
    \blindtext
  \end{abstract}
  \blinddocument
\end{document}

In case there is no title page and the document is typeset in one column, the abstract now is a list with the abstract name as a label. Other settings are untouched.

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Theanks Thorstan for the packages and the commands. However, there still one problem. In fact, the ligns in the abstract should be aligned with the word abstract.
This is what I should obtain:
Abstract:texte...................
texte...................................
texte...................................

What shoud I add?

[localghost]

[...] In fact, the ligns in the abstract should be aligned with the word abstract.
This is what I should obtain:
Abstract:texte...................
texte...................................
texte...................................

What shoud I add?

This was not clear from your initial post.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\title{Modifcation of the \texttt{abstract} environment}
\author{NELLLY}

\makeatletter
\if@titlepage
  \renewenvironment{abstract}{%
      \titlepage
      \null\vfil
      \@beginparpenalty\@lowpenalty
      \begin{center}%
        \bfseries \abstractname
        \@endparpenalty\@M
      \end{center}}%
     {\par\vfil\null\endtitlepage}
\else
  \renewenvironment{abstract}{%
      \if@twocolumn
        \section*{\abstractname}%
      \else
        \small
        \list{}{%
          \settowidth{\labelwidth}{\textbf{\abstractname:}}
          \setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}
          \setlength{\itemindent}{\labelwidth}
          \addtolength{\itemindent}{\labelsep}
        }
        \item[\textbf{\abstractname:}]

      \fi}
      {\if@twocolumn\else\endlist\fi}
\fi
\makeatother

\begin{document}
  \maketitle
  \begin{abstract}
    \blindtext
  \end{abstract}
  \blinddocument
\end{document}

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This is perfect now.
thanks.