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<h2 class="titleHead">Upgrading from the glossary
package to the glossaries package</h2>
<div class="author" ><span
class="futr8t-x-x-144">Nicola L.C. Talbot</span></div><br />
<div class="date" ><span
class="futr8t-x-x-144">2012-09-21</span></div>
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<!--l. 42--><p class="indent" > The purpose of this document is to provide advice if you want
to convert a <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span
class="E">E</span>X</span></span> document from using the obsolete <span
class="ecss-1095">glossary</span>
package to the replacement <span
class="ecss-1095">glossaries </span>package.
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<h3 class="likesectionHead"><a
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<span class="sectionToc" >1 <a
href="#x1-20001" id="QQ2-1-2">Why the Need for a New Package?</a></span>
<br /> <span class="sectionToc" >2 <a
href="#x1-30002" id="QQ2-1-3">Package Options</a></span>
<br /> <span class="sectionToc" >3 <a
href="#x1-40003" id="QQ2-1-5">De
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