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B. Units outside of the closing parenthesis (like this). (A
Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units. (SI units parenthetical sentence is punctuated within the
are encouraged.) English units may be used as parentheses.)
secondary units (in parentheses). An exception would A graph within a graph is an “inset”, not an “insert”.
be the use of English units as identifiers in trade, such The word alternatively is preferred to the word
as “3.5-inch disk drive”. “alternately” (unless you really mean something that
Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as current in alternates).
amperes and magnetic field in oersteds. This often leads Do not use the word “essentially” to mean
to confusion because equations do not balance “approximately” or “effectively”.
dimensionally. If you must use mixed units, clearly state
the units for each quantity that you use in an equation. In your paper title, if the words “that uses” can
accurately replace the word “using”, capitalize the “u”;
Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations of if not, keep using lower-cased.
units: “Wb/m2” or “webers per square meter”, not
“webers/m2”. Spell out units when they appear in text: Be aware of the different meanings of the homophones
“. . . a few henries”, not “. . . a few H”. “affect” and “effect”, “complement” and “compliment”,
“discreet” and “discrete”, “principal” and “principle”.
Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25”, not “.25”. Use
“cm3”, not “cc”. (bullet list) Do not confuse “imply” and “infer”.
C. Equations The prefix “non” is not a word; it should be joined to
The equations are an exception to the prescribed the word it modifies, usually without a hyphen.
specifications of this template. You will need to determine There is no period after the “et” in the Latin
whether or not your equation should be typed using either the abbreviation “et al.”.
Times New Roman or the Symbol font (please no other font).
To create multileveled equations, it may be necessary to treat The abbreviation “i.e.” means “that is”, and the
the equation as a graphic and insert it into the text after your abbreviation “e.g.” means “for example”.
paper is styled. An excellent style manual for science writers is [7].
Number equations consecutively. Equation numbers, within
IV. USING THE TEMPLATE
parentheses, are to position flush right, as in (1), using a right
tab stop. To make your equations more compact, you may use After the text edit has been completed, the paper is ready
the solidus ( / ), the exp function, or appropriate exponents. for the template. Duplicate the template file by using the Save
Italicize Roman symbols for quantities and variables, but not As command, and use the naming convention prescribed by
Greek symbols. Use a long dash rather than a hyphen for a your conference for the name of your paper. In this newly
minus sign. Punctuate equations with commas or periods when created file, highlight all of the contents and import your
they are part of a sentence, as in: prepared text file. You are now ready to style your paper; use
the scroll down window on the left of the MS Word Formatting
ab toolbar.
A. Authors and Affiliations
Note that the equation is centered using a center tab stop.
Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been defined The template is designed for, but not limited to, six
before or immediately following the equation. Use “(1)”, not authors. A minimum of one author is required for all
“Eq. (1)” or “equation (1)”, except at the beginning of a conference articles. Author names should be listed starting
sentence: “Equation (1) is . . .” from left to right and then moving down to the next line. This is
the author sequence that will be used in future citations and by
D. Some Common Mistakes indexing services. Names should not be listed in columns nor
The word “data” is plural, not singular. group by affiliation. Please keep your affiliations as succinct as
possible (for example, do not differentiate among departments
The subscript for the permeability of vacuum 0, and of the same organization).
other common scientific constants, is zero with
subscript formatting, not a lowercase letter “o”. 1) For papers with more than six authors: Add author
names horizontally, moving to a third row if needed for more
In American English, commas, semicolons, periods, than 8 authors.
question and exclamation marks are located within 2) For papers with less than six authors: To change the
quotation marks only when a complete thought or name default, adjust the template as follows.
is cited, such as a title or full quotation. When quotation
marks are used, instead of a bold or italic typeface, to a) Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation lines.
highlight a word or phrase, punctuation should appear b) Change number of columns: Select the Columns icon
outside of the quotation marks. A parenthetical phrase from the MS Word Standard toolbar and then select the correct
or statement at the end of a sentence is punctuated number of columns from the selection palette.
c) Deletion: Delete the author and affiliation lines for example, write the quantity “Magnetization”, or
the extra authors. “Magnetization, M”, not just “M”. If including units in the
label, present them within parentheses. Do not label axes only
with units. In the example, write “Magnetization (A/m)” or
B. Identify the Headings “Magnetization {A[m(1)]}”, not just “A/m”. Do not label axes
Headings, or heads, are organizational devices that guide with a ratio of quantities and units. For example, write
the reader through your paper. There are two types: component “Temperature (K)”, not “Temperature/K”.
heads and text heads.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Component heads identify the different components of your The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in
paper and are not topically subordinate to each other. Examples America is without an “e” after the “g”. Avoid the stilted
include Acknowledgments and References and, for these, the expression “one of us (R. B. G.) thanks ...”. Instead, try “R. B.
correct style to use is “Heading 5”. Use “figure caption” for G. thanks...”. Put sponsor acknowledgments in the unnumbered
your Figure captions, and “table head” for your table title. Run- footnote on the first page.
in heads, such as “Abstract”, will require you to apply a style
(in this case, italic) in addition to the style provided by the drop REFERENCES
down menu to differentiate the head from the text.
The template will number citations consecutively within
Text heads organize the topics on a relational, hierarchical brackets [1]. The sentence punctuation follows the bracket [2].
basis. For example, the paper title is the primary text head Refer simply to the reference number, as in [3]—do not use
because all subsequent material relates and elaborates on this “Ref. [3]” or “reference [3]” except at the beginning of a
one topic. If there are two or more sub-topics, the next level sentence: “Reference [3] was the first ...”
head (uppercase Roman numerals) should be used and,
Number footnotes separately in superscripts. Place the
conversely, if there are not at least two sub-topics, then no
actual footnote at the bottom of the column in which it was
subheads should be introduced. Styles named “Heading 1”,
cited. Do not put footnotes in the abstract or reference list. Use
“Heading 2”, “Heading 3”, and “Heading 4” are prescribed.
letters for table footnotes.
C. Figures and Tables
Unless there are six authors or more give all authors’
a) Positioning Figures and Tables: Place figures and names; do not use “et al.”. Papers that have not been published,
tables at the top and bottom of columns. Avoid placing them even if they have been submitted for publication, should be
in the middle of columns. Large figures and tables may span cited as “unpublished” [4]. Papers that have been accepted for
across both columns. Figure captions should be below the publication should be cited as “in press” [5]. Capitalize only
figures; table heads should appear above the tables. Insert the first word in a paper title, except for proper nouns and
figures and tables after they are cited in the text. Use the element symbols.
abbreviation “Fig. 1”, even at the beginning of a sentence. For papers published in translation journals, please give the
English citation first, followed by the original foreign-language
TABLE I. TABLE TYPE STYLES
citation [6].
Table Table Column Head
Head Table column subhead Subhead Subhead [1] G. Eason, B. Noble, and I. N. Sneddon, “On certain integrals of
copy More table copya Lipschitz-Hankel type involving products of Bessel functions,” Phil.
Trans. Roy. Soc. London, vol. A247, pp. 529–551, April 1955.
a.
Sample of a Table footnote. (Table footnote) (references)
[2] J. Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd ed., vol.
2. Oxford: Clarendon, 1892, pp.68–73.
[3] I. S. Jacobs and C. P. Bean, “Fine particles, thin films and exchange
anisotropy,” in Magnetism, vol. III, G. T. Rado and H. Suhl, Eds. New
York: Academic, 1963, pp. 271–350.
[4] K. Elissa, “Title of paper if known,” unpublished.
[5] R. Nicole, “Title of paper with only first word capitalized,” J. Name
Stand. Abbrev., in press.
[6] Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka, and Y. Tagawa, “Electron spectroscopy
studies on magneto-optical media and plastic substrate interface,” IEEE
Transl. J. Magn. Japan, vol. 2, pp. 740–741, August 1987 [Digests 9th
Annual Conf. Magnetics Japan, p. 301, 1982].
[7] M. Young, The Technical Writer’s Handbook. Mill Valley, CA:
University Science, 1989.
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