Robert Poser wrote: > I'd like to change the abstractname from german "Zusammenfassung" to > "Kurzfassung". With > > \renewcommand\abstractname{Kurzfassung} > > in Document->Settings->Latex header it does not to work. Before the > command there are the following lines, which work fine: > > \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} > \addto\captionsngerman{ > \renewcommand{\figurename}{Abb.}% > \renewcommand{\tablename}{Tab.}% > }
Did you include the redefinition in the \addto\captionsngerman statement, i.e. \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} \addto\captionsngerman{ \renewcommand{\figurename}{Abb.}% \renewcommand{\tablename}{Tab.}% \renewcommand{\abstractname}{Kurzfassung}% } Jürgen