how to rename sections in latex

Question

How can i give another name to the main sections of a scientific paper in Latex? So instead of 'References' i wanna write a different title, instead of 'Abstract' another, and so on.

Regards

Solution 1

Redefine any of the following commands:

• Abstract: \abstractname
• Appendix: \appendixname
• Bibliography: \bibname
• Chapter: \chaptername
• Contents: \contentsname
• Index: \indexname
• List of Figures: \listfigurename
• List of Tables: \listtablename
• Part: \partname
• References: \refname

So, for example,

\renewcommand\refname{My References}

The list comes from The LaTeX Companion, 2nd edition, page 34.

Solution 2

For references \bibname is defined in the book class, but not in the article class. The latter is using \refname.

Solution 3

thanks! helped me a lot.

Just to help other fellas, it did not work for me before \begin{document}

I did it just before \part as below:

\renewcommand\partname{Capítulo}
\part{\textit{Conjuntura regulatória}}
\chapter{\large MATRIZ ENERGÉTICA BRASILEIRA}

worked as a charm.

Comments

[David Z]

For anyone who may be reading this in the future, there is an Area51 proposal for these kinds of questions: area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/2148/… (disclaimer: URL includes my referral link)

[David Z]

Huh, strange. Maybe try \providecommand instead of \renewcommand and see if that works.

[isomorphismes]

This worked for me BUT, only if I put \renewcommand after \begin{document}--not in the preamble.

[Constantin]

This does not seem to work for sections. Could someone add how to do this for an article section or should this be a separate question?

[David Z]

@Constantin that would be a separate question, but it's probably already asked somewhere on TeX - LaTeX.

[Shayan Amani]

In bibliography case, be careful that other bibliography packages like babel can supersede this command.