>>Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:17:58 -0800 (PST)
>>From: Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: Henrik Edlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: Report Class: Renaming "Abstract"
>>
>>On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Henrik Edlund wrote:
>>
>>> As ERT first in your document (as it might get overwritten by babel if you
>>> put it in the preamble):
>>>
>>> \renewcommand\abstractname{Executive Summary}
>>
>> Thank you, Henrik. I wondered if the renewcommand was appropriate. When I
>>do as you suggest I find no heading on the page with the Executive Summary.
>>It's blank. I put the command immediately in front of the title and in the
>>preamble. No difference.
You may try in preamble
\AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand\abstractname{Executive Summary}}
You're sure of the location of the command that way, whatever
the location in the preamble.
--
Jean-Pierre