[Tex/LaTex] How to use lowercase “equation” when using \autoref

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When using \autoref (not \eqref as stated previously), we get the following expression,

Equation (#)

However, it doesn't make grammatical sense.

For example, it is more natural (in my opinion) to say that:

See equation (#)

versus 

See Equation (#)

How to set 'Equation' to lowercase 'equation' by default?

Best Answer

Rather than modifying the \xxxautorefname macros by hand, I suggest you load the cleveref package (after loading hyperref) and use \cref for lowercase label strings and \Cref for uppercase label strings.

A part of your preamble would look like this:

...
\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage[nameinlink,noabbrev]{cleveref}
...

Next, in the body of the document, perform a global search-and-replace of \autoref with \cref.

In case you're curious: The nameinlink option makes the cross-referencing call-outs produced by \cref look like those produced by \autoref.

For more on cross-referencing packages for LaTeX in general and the hyperref and cleveref packages in particular, see this answer to the posting Cross-reference packages: which to use, which conflict? (Shameless self-citation alert!)

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