AAST Template
AAST Template
AAST Template
http://www.scirp.org/journal/aast
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Abstract
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1. Introduction (Heading 1)
This template, created in MS Word 2007, provides authors with most of
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that follow.
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palette.
c) Deletion: Delete the author and affiliation lines for the second
affiliation.
2) For author/s of more than two affiliations: To change the default,
adjust the template as follows.
a) Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation lines.
b) Change number of columns: Select the Columns icon from the
MS Word Standard toolbar and then select 1 Column from the
selection palette.
c) Highlight author and affiliation lines of affiliation 1 and copy this
selection.
d) Formatting: Insert one hard return immediately after the last
character of the last affiliation line. Then paste down the copy of
affiliation 1. Repeat as necessary for each additional affiliation.
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sentence.
Table 1. Table type styles (Table caption is indispensable).
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unnumbered footnote on the first page, but at here.
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