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Formatting Guidelines
You can download templates for RT08 here:
Preparation guidelines for RT08
Summary of Format
Size and Margins:
- Paper Size: 8.5 inches by 11.0 inches (21.59cm by
27.94cm)
- Top Margin: 0.75 inch (1.905 cm)
- Bottom Margin: 1.0 inch (2.54 cm)
- Left Margin: 0.75 inch (1.905 cm)
- Right Margin: 0.75 inch (1.905 cm)
- Columns: Two (2) columns, each 3.33 inches (8.46 cm)
wide
- Column Gutter: 0.34 inches (0.84 cm) column gutter
Title:
- Title Text: 14pt Arial or Helvetica, bold, centered
- Capitalize the first letter of nouns, pronouns, verbs,
adjectives, and adverbs; do not capitalize articles, coordinate
conjunctions, or prepositions (unless the title begins with such a
word). Leave two blank lines after the title.
Affiliation:
- Affiliation should include full names, company /
institution identification, and email addresses.
- Author Names: 10pt Arial or Helvetica, centered
- Affiliations are centered below each author name in 9pt,
not bold
- multiple authors: multiple columns
- Include e-mail addresses as a footnote
- Follow the author information by two blank lines before
main text.
- A 0.5 inch (1.18 cm) space must be left at the bottom of
the left column on the first page of the paper for the copyright
information added during the printing process.
Abstract:
- word "ABSTRACT": 9pt Arial or Helvetica, bold, flush
left, NOT numbered, small caps
- Body Text: 9pt Times or Times Roman, justified on
10pt leading; up to 3 in. (7.62 cm) long. Leave one blank line after
the abstract
Keywords:
- Descriptors from the ACM Computing Classification System,
located at
http://www.acm.org/class/, should be used.
- A list of relevant keywords should be included at the end
of the abstract.
Index terms:
- Descriptors from the ACM Computing Classification System,
located at
http://www.acm.org/class/, should be used.
- A list of relevant index terms should be included after
the keywords.
Headings:
- Section Headings: 9pt Arial or Helvetica, bold,
flush left, numbered, small caps
- Subsection Headings: 9pt Arial or Helvetica, bold,
flush left, numbered
- Sub-subsection Headings: 9pt Arial or Helvetica,
flush left, numbered
Body Text:
- 9pt Times or Times Roman, justified on 10pt leading
- indent all paragraphs by 1em (roughly 3mm) except the
first one under a heading
- no blank lines between paragraphs
Caption Text:
- 8pt Arial or Helvetica
- capitalize only the first word of each figure caption and
table title
- figures and tables must be numbered separately
- figure captions are to be centered below the figures
- table titles are to be centered above the tables
Citations and References:
- word "REFERENCES": 9pt Times or Times Roman, bold,
flush left, NOT numbered, small caps
- List of references: 8pt Times or Times Roman on
9.5pt leading
- When referenced in the text, enclose the citation number
in square brackets, for example [1].
- Where appropriate, include the name(s) of editors of
referenced books.
[1] Albert B. Smith, Christopher D. Jones, and Egon F. Roberts,
"Article Title", Journal, Publisher, Location, pp. 1-10, Date.
[2] Christopher D. Jones, Albert B. Smith, and Egon F. Roberts, Book
Title, Publisher, Location, Date.
[3] Christopher D. Jones, Albert B. Smith, and Egon F. Roberts,
"Chapter Title", Book Title, Book Editors, Publisher, Location, Date.
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