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Abstract—This electronic document is a “live” template and III. PREPARE YOUR PAPER BEFORE STYLING
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Characters, Footnotes, or Math in Paper Title or Abstract. the content as a separate text file. Complete all content and
(Abstract) organizational editing before formatting. Please note sections
A-D below for more information on proofreading, spelling
Keywords—component, formatting, style, styling, insert (key and grammar.
words)
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I. INTRODUCTION (HEADING 1) has been formatted and styled. Do not use hard tabs, and limit
use of hard returns to only one return at the end of a paragraph.
This template, modified in MS Word 2007 and saved as a Do not add any kind of pagination anywhere in the paper. Do
“Word 97-2003 Document” for the PC, provides authors with not number text heads-the template will do that for you.
most of the formatting specifications needed for preparing
electronic versions of their papers. All standard paper A. Abbreviations and Acronyms
components have been specified for three reasons: (1) ease of Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are
use when formatting individual papers, (2) automatic used in the text, even after they have been defined in the
compliance to electronic requirements that facilitate the abstract. Abbreviations such as IEEE, SI, MKS, CGS, sc, dc,
concurrent or later production of electronic products, and (3) and rms do not have to be defined. Do not use abbreviations
conformity of style throughout a conference proceedings. in the title or heads unless they are unavoidable.
Margins, column widths, line spacing, and type styles are
built-in; examples of the type styles are provided throughout B. Units
this document and are identified in italic type, within Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units. (SI units
parentheses, following the example. Some components, such are encouraged.) English units may be used as
as multi-leveled equations, graphics, and tables are not secondary units (in parentheses). An exception would
prescribed, although the various table text styles are provided. be the use of English units as identifiers in trade, such
The formatter will need to create these components, as “3.5-inch disk drive”.
incorporating the applicable criteria that follow.
Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as current in
II. EASE OF USE amperes and magnetic field in oersteds. This often
leads to confusion because equations do not balance
A. Selecting a Template (Heading 2)
dimensionally. If you must use mixed units, clearly
First, confirm that you have the correct template for your state the units for each quantity that you use in an
paper size. This template has been tailored for output on the equation.
A4 paper size. If you are using US letter-sized paper, please
close this file and download the Microsoft Word, Letter file. Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations of
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B. Maintaining the Integrity of the Specifications “webers/m2”. Spell out units when they appear in text:
The template is used to format your paper and style the “. . . a few henries”, not “. . . a few H”.
text. All margins, column widths, line spaces, and text fonts
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peculiarities. For example, the head margin in this template Use “cm3”, not “cc”. (bullet list)
measures proportionately more than is customary. This C. Equations
measurement and others are deliberate, using specifications The equations are an exception to the prescribed
that anticipate your paper as one part of the entire proceedings, specifications of this template. You will need to determine
and not as an independent document. Please do not revise any whether or not your equation should be typed using either the
of the current designations. Times New Roman or the Symbol font (please no other font).
To create multileveled equations, it may be necessary to treat
the equation as a graphic and insert it into the text after your
paper is styled.
Identify applicable funding agency here. If none, delete this text box.
Number equations consecutively. Equation numbers, As command, and use the naming convention prescribed by
within parentheses, are to position flush right, as in (1), using your conference for the name of your paper. In this newly
a right tab stop. To make your equations more compact, you created file, highlight all of the contents and import your
may use the solidus ( / ), the exp function, or appropriate prepared text file. You are now ready to style your paper; use
exponents. Italicize Roman symbols for quantities and the scroll down window on the left of the MS Word
variables, but not Greek symbols. Use a long dash rather than Formatting toolbar.
a hyphen for a minus sign. Punctuate equations with commas
or periods when they are part of a sentence, as in: A. Authors and Affiliations
The template is designed for, but not limited to, six
ab authors. A minimum of one author is required for all
conference articles. Author names should be listed starting
Note that the equation is centered using a center tab stop. from left to right and then moving down to the next line. This
Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been defined is the author sequence that will be used in future citations and
before or immediately following the equation. Use “(1)”, not by indexing services. Names should not be listed in columns
“Eq. (1)” or “equation (1)”, except at the beginning of a nor group by affiliation. Please keep your affiliations as
sentence: “Equation (1) is . . .” succinct as possible (for example, do not differentiate among
departments of the same organization).
D. Some Common Mistakes
1) For papers with more than six authors: Add author
The word “data” is plural, not singular.
names horizontally, moving to a third row if needed for more
The subscript for the permeability of vacuum 0, and than 8 authors.
other common scientific constants, is zero with 2) For papers with less than six authors: To change the
subscript formatting, not a lowercase letter “o”. default, adjust the template as follows.
In American English, commas, semicolons, periods, a) Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation lines.
question and exclamation marks are located within b) Change number of columns: Select the Columns
quotation marks only when a complete thought or icon from the MS Word Standard toolbar and then select the
name is cited, such as a title or full quotation. When correct number of columns from the selection palette.
quotation marks are used, instead of a bold or italic c) Deletion: Delete the author and affiliation lines for
typeface, to highlight a word or phrase, punctuation the extra authors.
should appear outside of the quotation marks. A
parenthetical phrase or statement at the end of a
sentence is punctuated outside of the closing B. Identify the Headings
parenthesis (like this). (A parenthetical sentence is
Headings, or heads, are organizational devices that guide
punctuated within the parentheses.)
the reader through your paper. There are two types:
A graph within a graph is an “inset”, not an “insert”. component heads and text heads.
The word alternatively is preferred to the word Component heads identify the different components of
“alternately” (unless you really mean something that your paper and are not topically subordinate to each other.
alternates). Examples include Acknowledgments and References and, for
Do not use the word “essentially” to mean these, the correct style to use is “Heading 5”. Use “figure
“approximately” or “effectively”. caption” for your Figure captions, and “table head” for your
table title. Run-in heads, such as “Abstract”, will require you
In your paper title, if the words “that uses” can to apply a style (in this case, italic) in addition to the style
accurately replace the word “using”, capitalize the “u”; provided by the drop down menu to differentiate the head
if not, keep using lower-cased. from the text.
Be aware of the different meanings of the homophones Text heads organize the topics on a relational, hierarchical
“affect” and “effect”, “complement” and basis. For example, the paper title is the primary text head
“compliment”, “discreet” and “discrete”, “principal” because all subsequent material relates and elaborates on this
and “principle”. one topic. If there are two or more sub-topics, the next level
head (uppercase Roman numerals) should be used and,
Do not confuse “imply” and “infer”.
conversely, if there are not at least two sub-topics, then no
The prefix “non” is not a word; it should be joined to subheads should be introduced. Styles named “Heading 1”,
the word it modifies, usually without a hyphen. “Heading 2”, “Heading 3”, and “Heading 4” are prescribed.
There is no period after the “et” in the Latin C. Figures and Tables
abbreviation “et al.”. a) Positioning Figures and Tables: Place figures and
The abbreviation “i.e.” means “that is”, and the tables at the top and bottom of columns. Avoid placing them
abbreviation “e.g.” means “for example”. in the middle of columns. Large figures and tables may span
across both columns. Figure captions should be below the
An excellent style manual for science writers is [7]. figures; table heads should appear above the tables. Insert
IV. USING THE TEMPLATE figures and tables after they are cited in the text. Use the
abbreviation “Fig. 1”, even at the beginning of a sentence.
After the text edit has been completed, the paper is ready
for the template. Duplicate the template file by using the Save TABLE I. TABLE TYPE STYLES
Table Table Column Head cited. Do not put footnotes in the abstract or reference list. Use
Head Table column subhead Subhead Subhead letters for table footnotes.
copy More table copya Unless there are six authors or more give all authors’
a.
Sample of a Table footnote. (Table footnote)
names; do not use “et al.”. Papers that have not been
published, even if they have been submitted for publication,
Fig. 1. Example of a figure caption. (figure caption)
should be cited as “unpublished” [4]. Papers that have been
Figure Labels: Use 8 point Times New Roman for Figure accepted for publication should be cited as “in press” [5].
labels. Use words rather than symbols or abbreviations when Capitalize only the first word in a paper title, except for proper
writing Figure axis labels to avoid confusing the reader. As an nouns and element symbols.
example, write the quantity “Magnetization”, or For papers published in translation journals, please give
“Magnetization, M”, not just “M”. If including units in the the English citation first, followed by the original foreign-
label, present them within parentheses. Do not label axes only language citation [6].
with units. In the example, write “Magnetization (A/m)” or
“Magnetization {A[m(1)]}”, not just “A/m”. Do not label axes
[1] G. Eason, B. Noble, and I. N. Sneddon, “On certain integrals of
with a ratio of quantities and units. For example, write Lipschitz-Hankel type involving products of Bessel functions,” Phil.
“Temperature (K)”, not “Temperature/K”. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, vol. A247, pp. 529–551, April 1955.
(references)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT (Heading 5) [2] J. Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd ed.,
The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon, 1892, pp.68–73.
America is without an “e” after the “g”. Avoid the stilted [3] I. S. Jacobs and C. P. Bean, “Fine particles, thin films and exchange
expression “one of us (R. B. G.) thanks ...”. Instead, try “R. anisotropy,” in Magnetism, vol. III, G. T. Rado and H. Suhl, Eds. New
York: Academic, 1963, pp. 271–350.
B. G. thanks...”. Put sponsor acknowledgments in the
[4] K. Elissa, “Title of paper if known,” unpublished.
unnumbered footnote on the first page.
[5] R. Nicole, “Title of paper with only first word capitalized,” J. Name
REFERENCES Stand. Abbrev., in press.
[6] Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka, and Y. Tagawa, “Electron spectroscopy
The template will number citations consecutively within studies on magneto-optical media and plastic substrate interface,” IEEE
brackets [1]. The sentence punctuation follows the bracket [2]. Transl. J. Magn. Japan, vol. 2, pp. 740–741, August 1987 [Digests 9th
Refer simply to the reference number, as in [3]—do not use Annual Conf. Magnetics Japan, p. 301, 1982].
“Ref. [3]” or “reference [3]” except at the beginning of a [7] M. Young, The Technical Writer’s Handbook. Mill Valley, CA:
sentence: “Reference [3] was the first ...” University Science, 1989.
Number footnotes separately in superscripts. Place the
actual footnote at the bottom of the column in which it was
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