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How to include a Babel package

Version: 2.5 - Scientific WorkPlace & Scientific Word

Babel packages contain TeX commands that support standard LaTeX documents written in languages other than English. The commands ensure that standard document elements appear correctly. For example, in many standard LaTeX styles, the word chapter appears automatically in chapter headings. To ensure that the word appears in the language you want to use for the document, you must include the appropriate Babel package. Here's how to do it.

1. From the File menu, choose Style.

2. In the LaTeX Style for Print and Preview window, choose Go Native..

3. When the Native LaTeX Style window opens, make sure the LaTeX2e button is checked..

4. In the Packages input box, type [lang_name]{babel}where lang_nameis one of the following:

   american

   austrian

   brazil

   catalan

   croatian

   czech

   danish

   dutch

   english

   esperanto

   finnish

   french

   galician

   german

   italian

   magyar

   norsk

   nynorsk

   polish

   portuges

   romanian

   russian

   slovak

   slovene

   spanish

   swedish

   turkish

5. Choose OK to close the Native LaTeX Style window.

6. Choose OKto close the LaTeX Style for Print and Preview window.

Revised 05/20/96

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