Paper Title* (use style: paper title)

*Note: Sub-titles are not captured in Xplore and should not be used

line 1: 1st Given Name Surname line 1: 2nd Given Name Surname line 1: 3rd Given Name Surname
line 2: dept. name of organization line 2: dept. name of organization line 2: dept. name of organization
(of Affiliation) (of Affiliation) (of Affiliation)
line 3: name of organization line 3: name of organization line 3: name of organization
(of Affiliation) (of Affiliation) (of Affiliation)
line 4: City, Country line 4: City, Country line 4: City, Country
line 5: email address or ORCID line 5: email address or ORCID line 5: email address or ORCID

line 1: 4th Given Name Surname line 1: 5th Given Name Surname line 1: 6th Given Name Surname
line 2: dept. name of organization line 2: dept. name of organization line 2: dept. name of organization
(of Affiliation) (of Affiliation) (of Affiliation)
line 3: name of organization line 3: name of organization line 3: name of organization
(of Affiliation) (of Affiliation) (of Affiliation)
line 4: City, Country line 4: City, Country line 4: City, Country
line 5: email address or ORCID line 5: email address or ORCID line 5: email address or ORCID

Abstract—This electronic document is a “live” text fonts are prescribed; please do not alter them. You
template and already defines the components of your may note peculiarities. For example, the head margin in
paper [title, text, heads, etc.] in its style sheet. this template measures proportionately more than is
*CRITICAL: Do Not Use Symbols, Special Characters, customary. This measurement and others are deliberate,
Footnotes, or Math in Paper Title or Abstract. (Abstract) using specifications that anticipate your paper as one
part of the entire proceedings, and not as an independent
Keywords—component, formatting, style, styling, insert
document. Please do not revise any of the current
(key words)
designations.
I. INTRODUCTION (HEADING 1)
III. PREPARE YOUR PAPER BEFORE STYLING
This template, modified in MS Word 2007 and saved
Before you begin to format your paper, first write
as a “Word 97-2003 Document” for the PC, provides
and save the content as a separate text file. Complete all
authors with most of the formatting specifications
content and organizational editing before formatting.
needed for preparing electronic versions of their papers.
Please note sections A-D below for more information on
All standard paper components have been specified for
proofreading, spelling and grammar.
three reasons: (1) ease of use when formatting individual
papers, (2) automatic compliance to electronic Keep your text and graphic files separate until after
requirements that facilitate the concurrent or later the text has been formatted and styled. Do not use hard
production of electronic products, and (3) conformity of tabs, and limit use of hard returns to only one return at
style throughout a conference proceedings. Margins, the end of a paragraph. Do not add any kind of
column widths, line spacing, and type styles are built-in; pagination anywhere in the paper. Do not number text
examples of the type styles are provided throughout this heads-the template will do that for you.
document and are identified in italic type, within
parentheses, following the example. Some components, A. Abbreviations and Acronyms
such as multi-leveled equations, graphics, and tables are Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time
not prescribed, although the various table text styles are they are used in the text, even after they have been
provided. The formatter will need to create these defined in the abstract. Abbreviations such as IEEE, SI,
components, incorporating the applicable criteria that MKS, CGS, sc, dc, and rms do not have to be defined.
follow. Do not use abbreviations in the title or heads unless they
are unavoidable.
II. EASE OF USE
B. Units
A. Selecting a Template (Heading 2)  Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units.
First, confirm that you have the correct template for (SI units are encouraged.) English units may be
your paper size. This template has been tailored for used as secondary units (in parentheses). An
output on the A4 paper size. If you are using US letter- exception would be the use of English units as
sized paper, please close this file and download the identifiers in trade, such as “3.5-inch disk drive”.
Microsoft Word, Letter file.
 Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as
B. Maintaining the Integrity of the Specifications current in amperes and magnetic field in oersteds.
The template is used to format your paper and style This often leads to confusion because equations
the text. All margins, column widths, line spaces, and do not balance dimensionally. If you must use
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mixed units, clearly state the units for each  Do not use the word “essentially” to mean
quantity that you use in an equation. “approximately” or “effectively”.
 Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations  In your paper title, if the words “that uses” can
of units: “Wb/m2” or “webers per square meter”, accurately replace the word “using”, capitalize
not “webers/m2”. Spell out units when they the “u”; if not, keep using lower-cased.
appear in text: “. . . a few henries”, not “. . . a few
 Be aware of the different meanings of the
H”.
homophones “affect” and “effect”,
 Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25”, not “complement” and “compliment”, “discreet” and
“.25”. Use “cm3”, not “cc”. (bullet list) “discrete”, “principal” and “principle”.
C. Equations  Do not confuse “imply” and “infer”.
The equations are an exception to the prescribed  The prefix “non” is not a word; it should be
specifications of this template. You will need to joined to the word it modifies, usually without a
determine whether or not your equation should be typed hyphen.
using either the Times New Roman or the Symbol font
(please no other font). To create multileveled equations,  There is no period after the “et” in the Latin
it may be necessary to treat the equation as a graphic and abbreviation “et al.”.
insert it into the text after your paper is styled.  The abbreviation “i.e.” means “that is”, and the
Number equations consecutively. Equation numbers, abbreviation “e.g.” means “for example”.
within parentheses, are to position flush right, as in (1), An excellent style manual for science writers is [7].
using a right tab stop. To make your equations more
compact, you may use the solidus ( / ), the exp function, IV. USING THE TEMPLATE
or appropriate exponents. Italicize Roman symbols for After the text edit has been completed, the paper is
quantities and variables, but not Greek symbols. Use a ready for the template. Duplicate the template file by
long dash rather than a hyphen for a minus sign. using the Save As command, and use the naming
Punctuate equations with commas or periods when they convention prescribed by your conference for the name
are part of a sentence, as in: of your paper. In this newly created file, highlight all of
the contents and import your prepared text file. You are
ab now ready to style your paper; use the scroll down
window on the left of the MS Word Formatting toolbar.
Note that the equation is centered using a center tab
stop. Be sure that the symbols in your equation have A. Authors and Affiliations
been defined before or immediately following the The template is designed for, but not limited to,
equation. Use “(1)”, not “Eq. (1)” or “equation (1)”, six authors. A minimum of one author is required for all
except at the beginning of a sentence: “Equation (1) is . . conference articles. Author names should be listed
.” starting from left to right and then moving down to the
D. Some Common Mistakes next line. This is the author sequence that will be used in
future citations and by indexing services. Names should
 The word “data” is plural, not singular. not be listed in columns nor group by affiliation. Please
 The subscript for the permeability of vacuum 0, keep your affiliations as succinct as possible (for
and other common scientific constants, is zero example, do not differentiate among departments of the
with subscript formatting, not a lowercase letter same organization).
“o”. 1) For papers with more than six authors: Add
 In American English, commas, semicolons, author names horizontally, moving to a third row if
periods, question and exclamation marks are needed for more than 8 authors.
located within quotation marks only when a 2) For papers with less than six authors: To change
complete thought or name is cited, such as a title the default, adjust the template as follows.
or full quotation. When quotation marks are used,
a) Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation
instead of a bold or italic typeface, to highlight a
lines.
word or phrase, punctuation should appear
outside of the quotation marks. A parenthetical b) Change number of columns: Select the
phrase or statement at the end of a sentence is Columns icon from the MS Word Standard toolbar and
punctuated outside of the closing parenthesis then select the correct number of columns from the
(like this). (A parenthetical sentence is selection palette.
punctuated within the parentheses.) c) Deletion: Delete the author and affiliation lines
 A graph within a graph is an “inset”, not an for the extra authors.
“insert”. The word alternatively is preferred to
the word “alternately” (unless you really mean
B. Identify the Headings
something that alternates).
Headings, or heads, are organizational devices that
guide the reader through your paper. There are two
Identify applicable funding agency here. If none, delete this types: component heads and text heads.
text box.
 Component heads identify the different components ACKNOWLEDGMENT (Heading 5)
of your paper and are not topically subordinate to each The preferred spelling of the word
other. Examples include Acknowledgments and “acknowledgment” in America is without an “e” after
References and, for these, the correct style to use is the “g”. Avoid the stilted expression “one of us (R. B.
“Heading 5”. Use “figure caption” for your Figure G.) thanks ...”. Instead, try “R. B. G. thanks...”. Put
captions, and “table head” for your table title. Run-in sponsor acknowledgments in the unnumbered footnote
heads, such as “Abstract”, will require you to apply a on the first page.
style (in this case, italic) in addition to the style provided
by the drop down menu to differentiate the head from
the text.
The template will number citations consecutively within
Text heads organize the topics on a relational, brackets [1]. The sentence punctuation follows the
hierarchical basis. For example, the paper title is the bracket [2]. Refer simply to the reference number, as in
primary text head because all subsequent material relates [3]—do not use “Ref. [3]” or “reference [3]” except at
and elaborates on this one topic. If there are two or more the beginning of a sentence: “Reference [3] was the first
sub-topics, the next level head (uppercase Roman ...”
numerals) should be used and, conversely, if there are
Number footnotes separately in superscripts. Place
not at least two sub-topics, then no subheads should be
the actual footnote at the bottom of the column in which
introduced. Styles named “Heading 1”, “Heading 2”,
it was cited. Do not put footnotes in the abstract or
“Heading 3”, and “Heading 4” are prescribed.
reference list. Use 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 names; do not use “et al.”. Papers that have not been
and tables at the top and bottom of columns. Avoid published, even if they have been submitted for
placing them in the middle of columns. Large figures publication, should be cited as “unpublished” [4]. Papers
and tables may span across both columns. Figure that have been accepted for publication should be cited
captions should be below the figures; table heads should as “in press” [5]. Capitalize only the first word in a paper
appear above the tables. Insert figures and tables after title, except for proper nouns and element symbols.
they are cited in the text. Use the abbreviation “Fig. 1”, For papers published in translation journals, please
even at the beginning of a sentence. give the English citation first, followed by the original
foreign-language citation [6].
TABLE I. TABLE TYPE STYLES

Table Column Head REFERENCES

Table [1] G. Eason, B. Noble, and I. N. Sneddon, “On certain integrals of
Subhea Subhea
Head Table column subhead Lipschitz-Hankel type involving products of Bessel functions,”
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copy More table copya 1955. (references)
a. [2] J. Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd
Sample of a Table footnote. (Table footnote)
ed., vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon, 1892, pp.68–73.
Fig. 1. Example of a figure caption. (figure caption) [3] I. S. Jacobs and C. P. Bean, “Fine particles, thin films and
exchange anisotropy,” in Magnetism, vol. III, G. T. Rado and H.
Figure Labels: Use 8 point Times New Roman for Suhl, Eds. New York: Academic, 1963, pp. 271–350.
Figure labels. Use words rather than symbols or [4] K. Elissa, “Title of paper if known,” unpublished.
abbreviations when writing Figure axis labels to avoid [5] R. Nicole, “Title of paper with only first word capitalized,” J.
confusing the reader. As an example, write the quantity Name Stand. Abbrev., in press.
“Magnetization”, or “Magnetization, M”, not just “M”. [6] Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka, and Y. Tagawa, “Electron
If including units in the label, present them within spectroscopy studies on magneto-optical media and plastic
substrate interface,” IEEE Transl. J. Magn. Japan, vol. 2, pp.
parentheses. Do not label axes only with units. In the 740–741, August 1987 [Digests 9th Annual Conf. Magnetics
example, write “Magnetization (A/m)” or Japan, p. 301, 1982].
“Magnetization {A[m(1)]}”, not just “A/m”. Do not [7] M. Young, The Technical Writer’s Handbook. Mill Valley, CA:
label axes with a ratio of quantities and units. For University Science, 1989.
example, write “Temperature (K)”, not
“Temperature/K”.