+
+% increases link area for cross-references and autoname them
+% if you change the document language to e.g. French
+% you must change "extrasenglish" to "extrasfrench"
+% if you uncomment the following lines, you cannot use the reference version Ref+Text in LyX
+%\AtBeginDocument{%
+% \renewcommand{\ref}[1]{\autoref{#1}}
+%}
+%\def\refnamechanges{%
+% \renewcommand*{\equationautorefname}[1]{}
+% \renewcommand{\sectionautorefname}{sec.\negthinspace}
+% \renewcommand{\subsectionautorefname}{sec.\negthinspace}
+% \renewcommand{\subsubsectionautorefname}{sec.\negthinspace}
+% \renewcommand{\figureautorefname}{Fig.\negthinspace}
+% \renewcommand{\tableautorefname}{Tab.\negthinspace}
+%}
+%\@ifpackageloaded{babel}{\addto\extrasenglish{\refnamechanges}}{\refnamechanges}