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The various components of your paper [title, text, heads, etc.] returns to only one return at the end of a paragraph. Do not
are already defined on the style sheet, as illustrated by the add any kind of pagination anywhere in the paper. Do not
portions given in this document. number text heads-the template will do that for you.
I. INTRODUCTION Finally, complete content and organizational editing
before formatting. Please take note of the following items
This template, modified in MS Word 2003 and saved as when proofreading spelling and grammar:
“Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 – RTF” for the PC, provides
authors with most of the formatting specifications needed for
preparing electronic versions of their papers. All standard A. Abbreviations and Acronyms
paper components have been specified for three reasons: (1) Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are
ease of 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
parentheses, following the example. Some components, such units 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 be the use of English units as identifiers in trade,
provided. The formatter will need to create these such as “3.5-inch disk drive”.
components, incorporating the applicable criteria that follow.
 Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as current
II.PROCEDURE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION in 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
state the units for each quantity that you use in an
First, confirm that you have the correct template for your equation.
paper size. This template has been tailored for output on the
US-letter paper size. Please do not use it for A4 paper since  Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations of
the margin requirements for A4 papers may be different from units: “Wb/m2” or “webers per square meter”, not
Letter paper size. “webers/m2”. Spell out units when they appear in
text: “. . . a few henries”, not “. . . a few H”.
B. Maintaining the Integrity of the Specifications
 Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25”, not “.25”.
The template is used to format your paper and style the Use “cm3”, not “cc”. (bullet list)
text. All margins, column widths, line spaces, and text fonts
are prescribed; please do not alter them. You may note
peculiarities. For example, the head margin in this template C. Equations
measures proportionately more than is customary. This The equations are an exception to the prescribed
measurement and others are deliberate, using specifications specifications of this template. You will need to determine
that anticipate your paper as one part of the entire whether or not your equation should be typed using either the
proceedings, and not as an independent document. Please do Times New Roman or the Symbol font (please no other font).
not revise any of the current designations. To create multileveled equations, it may be necessary to treat
the equation as a graphic and insert it into the text after your
III. MATH paper is styled. Number equations consecutively. Equation
numbers, within parentheses, are to position flush right, as in
Before you begin to format your paper, first write and (1), using a right tab stop. To make your equations more
save the content as a separate text file. Keep your text and compact, you may use the solidus ( / ), the exp function, or
graphic files separate until after the text has been formatted appropriate exponents. Italicize Roman symbols for
quantities and variables, but not Greek symbols. Use a long
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F. A. Author is with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, equations with commas or periods when they are part of a
Boulder, CO 80305 USA (corresponding author to provide phone: 303-555-
5555; fax: 303-555-5555; e-mail: author@ boulder.nist.gov). sentence, as in
S. B. Author, Jr., was with Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA. He is
now with the Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,  
CO 80523 USA (e-mail: author@lamar. colostate.edu).
T. C. Author is with the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Note that the equation is centered using a center tab stop.
Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA, on leave from the National Research Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been defined
Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Japan (e-mail: [email protected]).
before or immediately following the equation. Use “(1)”, not possible (for example, do not differentiate among
“Eq. (1)” or “equation (1)”, except at the beginning of a departments of the same organization). This template was
sentence: “Equation (1) is . . .” designed for two affiliations.
For author/s of only one affiliation (Heading 3): To
D. Some Common Mistakes
change the default, adjust the template as follows.
 The word “data” is plural, not singular. Selection (Heading 4): Highlight all author and affiliation
 The subscript for the permeability of vacuum 0, and lines.
other common scientific constants, is zero with Change number of columns: Select the Columns icon from the
subscript formatting, not a lowercase letter “o”. MS Word Standard toolbar and then select “1 Column” from the
selection palette.
 In American English, commas, semi-/colons,
periods, question and exclamation marks are located Deletion: Delete the author and affiliation lines for the second
within quotation marks only when a complete affiliation.
thought or name is cited, such as a title or full For author/s of more than two affiliations: To change the
quotation. When quotation marks are used, instead of default, adjust the template as follows.
a bold or italic typeface, to highlight a word or Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation lines.
phrase, punctuation should appear outside of the
quotation marks. A parenthetical phrase or statement Change number of columns: Select the “Columns” icon from
at the end of a sentence is punctuated outside of the the MS Word Standard toolbar and then select “1 Column” from
closing parenthesis (like this). (A parenthetical the selection palette.
sentence is punctuated within the parentheses.) Highlight author and affiliation lines of affiliation 1 and
copy this selection.
 A graph within a graph is an “inset”, not an “insert”.
Formatting: Insert one hard return immediately after the last
The word alternatively is preferred to the word
character of the last affiliation line. Then paste down the copy of
“alternately” (unless you really mean something that
affiliation 1. Repeat as necessary for each additional affiliation.
alternates).
Reassign number of columns: Place your cursor to the right of
 Do not use the word “essentially” to mean the last character of the last affiliation line of an even numbered
“approximately” or “effectively”. affiliation (e.g., if there are five affiliations, place your cursor at
end of fourth affiliation). Drag the cursor up to highlight all of the
 In your paper title, if the words “that uses” can above author and affiliation lines. Go to Column icon and select “2
accurately replace the word “using”, capitalize the Columns”. If you have an odd number of affiliations, the final
“u”; if not, keep using lower-cased. affiliation will be centered on the page; all previous will be in two
 Be aware of the different meanings of the columns.
homophones “affect” and “effect”, “complement” B. Identify the Headings
and “compliment”, “discreet” and “discrete”,
“principal” and “principle”. Headings, or heads, are organizational devices that guide
the reader through your paper. There are two types:
 Do not confuse “imply” and “infer”. component heads and text heads.
 The prefix “non” is not a word; it should be joined to Component heads identify the different components of
the word it modifies, usually without a hyphen. your paper and are not topically subordinate to each other.
Examples include Acknowledgments and References and, for
 There is no period after the “et” in the Latin these, the correct style to use is “Heading 5”. Use “figure
abbreviation “et al.”. caption” for your Figure captions, and “table head” for your
table title. Run-in heads, such as “Abstract”, will require you
 The abbreviation “i.e.” means “that is”, and the
to apply a style (in this case, italic) in addition to the style
abbreviation “e.g.” means “for example”.
provided by the drop down menu to differentiate the head
An excellent style manual for science writers is [7]. from the text.
IV. USING THE TEMPLATE Text heads organize the topics on a relational,
hierarchical basis. For example, the paper title is the primary
After the text edit has been completed, the paper is ready text head because all subsequent material relates and
for the template. Duplicate the template file by using the elaborates on this one topic. If there are two or more sub-
Save As command, and use the naming convention topics, the next level head (uppercase Roman numerals)
prescribed by your conference for the name of your paper. In should be used and, conversely, if there are not at least two
this newly created file, highlight all of the contents and sub-topics, then no subheads should be introduced. Styles
import your prepared text file. You are now ready to style named “Heading 1”, “Heading 2”, “Heading 3”, and
your paper; use the scroll down window on the left of the MS “Heading 4” are prescribed.
Word Formatting toolbar.
C. Figures and Tables
A. Authors and Affiliations
Positioning Figures and Tables: Place figures and tables at
The template is designed so that author affiliations are the top and bottom of columns. Avoid placing them in the
not repeated each time for multiple authors of the same
affiliation. Please keep your affiliations as succinct as middle of columns. Large figures and tables may span across
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writing Figure axis labels to avoid confusing the reader. As [14] G. R. Faulhaber, “Design of service systems with priority reservation,” in
Conf. Rec. 1995 IEEE Int. Conf. Communications, pp. 3–8.
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V. CONCLUSION dissertation, Dept. Elect. Eng., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, 1993.
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elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest
applications and extensions.

APPENDIX
Appendixes should appear before the acknowledgment.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in
America is without an “e” after the “g”. Avoid the stilted
expression, “One of us (R. B. G.) thanks . . .” Instead, try
“R. B. G. thanks”. Put sponsor acknowledgments in the
unnumbered footnote on the first page.

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