Paper Title* (use style: paper title)

Subtitle as needed (paper subtitle)

Authors Name/s per 1st Affiliation (Author) Authors Name/s per 2nd Affiliation (Author)
line 1 (of Affiliation): dept. name of organization line 1 (of Affiliation): dept. name of organization
line 2: name of organization, acronyms acceptable line 2: name of organization, acronyms acceptable
line 3: City, Country line 3: City, Country
line 4: e-mail address if desired line 4: e-mail address if desired

Abstract—This electronic document is a “live” template and not as an independent document. Please do not revise any of
already defines the components of your paper [title, text, heads, the current designations.
etc.] in its style sheet. *CRITICAL: Do Not Use Symbols, Special
Characters, or Math in Paper Title or Abstract. (Abstract)
III. PREPARE YOUR PAPER BEFORE STYLING
Keywords—component; formatting; style; styling; insert (key Before you begin to format your paper, first write and save
words) the content as a separate text file. Keep your text and graphic
files separate until after the text has been formatted and styled.
I. INTRODUCTION (HEADING 1) Do not use hard tabs, and limit use of hard returns to only one
return at the end of a paragraph. Do not add any kind of
This template, modified in MS Word 2007 and saved as a pagination anywhere in the paper. Do not number text heads-
“Word 97-2003 Document” for the PC, provides authors with the template will do that for you.
most of the formatting specifications needed for preparing
electronic versions of their papers. All standard paper Finally, complete content and organizational editing before
components have been specified for three reasons: (1) ease of formatting. Please take note of the following items when
use when formatting individual papers, (2) automatic proofreading spelling and grammar:
compliance to electronic requirements that facilitate the
concurrent or later production of electronic products, and (3) A. Abbreviations and Acronyms
conformity of style throughout a conference proceedings. Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are
Margins, column widths, line spacing, and type styles are built- used in the text, even after they have been defined in the
in; examples of the type styles are provided throughout this abstract. Abbreviations such as IEEE, SI, MKS, CGS, sc, dc,
document and are identified in italic type, within parentheses, and rms do not have to be defined. Do not use abbreviations in
following the example. Some components, such as multi- the title or heads unless they are unavoidable.
leveled equations, graphics, and tables are not prescribed,
although the various table text styles are provided. The
B. Units
formatter will need to create these components, incorporating
the applicable criteria that follow.  Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units. (SI units
are encouraged.) English units may be used as
secondary units (in parentheses). An exception would
II. EASE OF USE
be the use of English units as identifiers in trade, such
A. Selecting a Template (Heading 2) as “3.5-inch disk drive”.
First, confirm that you have the correct template for your  Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as current in
paper size. This template has been tailored for output on the amperes and magnetic field in oersteds. This often leads
US-letter paper size. If you are using A4-sized paper, please to confusion because equations do not balance
close this file and download the file “MSW_A4_format”. dimensionally. If you must use mixed units, clearly state
the units for each quantity that you use in an equation.
B. Maintaining the Integrity of the Specifications  Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations of
The template is used to format your paper and style the text. units: “Wb/m2” or “webers per square meter”, not
All margins, column widths, line spaces, and text fonts are “webers/m2”. Spell out units when they appear in text:
prescribed; please do not alter them. You may note “. . . a few henries”, not “. . . a few H”.
peculiarities. For example, the head margin in this template
measures proportionately more than is customary. This  Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25”, not “.25”.
measurement and others are deliberate, using specifications that Use “cm3”, not “cc”. (bullet list)
anticipate your paper as one part of the entire proceedings, and

Identify applicable sponsor/s here. If no sponsors, delete this text box (sponsors).
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
parentheses, are to position flush right, as in (1), using a right IV. USING THE TEMPLATE
tab stop. To make your equations more compact, you may use
the solidus ( / ), the exp function, or appropriate exponents. After the text edit has been completed, the paper is ready
Italicize Roman symbols for quantities and variables, but not for the template. Duplicate the template file by using the Save
Greek symbols. Use a long dash rather than a hyphen for a As command, and use the naming convention prescribed by
minus sign. Punctuate equations with commas or periods when your conference for the name of your paper. In this newly
they are part of a sentence, as in created file, highlight all of the contents and import your
prepared text file. You are now ready to style your paper; use
the scroll down window on the left of the MS Word Formatting
ab  toolbar.

Note that the equation is centered using a center tab stop. A. Authors and Affiliations
Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been defined The template is designed so that author affiliations are not
before or immediately following the equation. Use “(1)”, not repeated each time for multiple authors of the same affiliation.
“Eq. (1)” or “equation (1)”, except at the beginning of a Please keep your affiliations as succinct as possible (for
sentence: “Equation (1) is . . .” example, do not differentiate among departments of the same
organization). This template was designed for two affiliations.
D. Some Common Mistakes
1) For author/s of only one affiliation (Heading 3): To
 The word “data” is plural, not singular.
change the default, adjust the template as follows.
 The subscript for the permeability of vacuum 0, and a) Selection (Heading 4): Highlight all author and
other common scientific constants, is zero with affiliation lines.
subscript formatting, not a lowercase letter “o”.
b) Change number of columns: Select the Columns icon
 In American English, commas, semi-/colons, periods, from the MS Word Standard toolbar and then select “1
question and exclamation marks are located within Column” from the selection palette.
quotation marks only when a complete thought or name
is cited, such as a title or full quotation. When quotation c) Deletion: Delete the author and affiliation lines for
marks are used, instead of a bold or italic typeface, to the second affiliation.
highlight a word or phrase, punctuation should appear 2) For author/s of more than two affiliations: To change
outside of the quotation marks. A parenthetical phrase the default, adjust the template as follows.
or statement at the end of a sentence is punctuated a) Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation lines.
outside of the closing parenthesis (like this). (A
parenthetical sentence is punctuated within the b) Change number of columns: Select the “Columns”
parentheses.) icon from the MS Word Standard toolbar and then select “1
Column” from the selection palette.
 A graph within a graph is an “inset”, not an “insert”.
The word alternatively is preferred to the word c) Highlight author and affiliation lines of affiliation 1
“alternately” (unless you really mean something that and copy this selection.
alternates). d) Formatting: Insert one hard return immediately after
 Do not use the word “essentially” to mean the last character of the last affiliation line. Then paste down
“approximately” or “effectively”. the copy of affiliation 1. Repeat as necessary for each
additional affiliation.
 In your paper title, if the words “that uses” can
accurately replace the word “using”, capitalize the “u”;
if not, keep using lower-cased.
 Be aware of the different meanings of the homophones
“affect” and “effect”, “complement” and “compliment”,
“discreet” and “discrete”, “principal” and “principle”.
 Do not confuse “imply” and “infer”.
 e) Reassign number of columns: Place your cursor to the Figure Labels: Use 8 point Times New Roman for Figure
right of the last character of the last affiliation line of an even labels. Use words rather than symbols or abbreviations when
numbered affiliation (e.g., if there are five affiliations, place writing Figure axis labels to avoid confusing the reader. As an
your cursor at end of fourth affiliation). Drag the cursor up to example, write the quantity “Magnetization”, or
highlight all of the above author and affiliation lines. Go to “Magnetization, M”, not just “M”. If including units in the
Column icon and select “2 Columns”. If you have an odd label, present them within parentheses. Do not label axes only
number of affiliations, the final affiliation will be centered on with units. In the example, write “Magnetization (A/m)” or
the page; all previous will be in two columns. “Magnetization {A[m(1)]}”, not just “A/m”. Do not label axes
with a ratio of quantities and units. For example, write
B. Identify the Headings “Temperature (K)”, not “Temperature/K”.
Headings, or heads, are organizational devices that guide
the reader through your paper. There are two types: component ACKNOWLEDGMENT (Heading 5)
heads and text heads. The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in
Component heads identify the different components of your America is without an “e” after the “g”. Avoid the stilted
paper and are not topically subordinate to each other. Examples expression “one of us (R. B. G.) thanks ...”. Instead, try “R. B.
include Acknowledgments and References and, for these, the G. thanks...”. Put sponsor acknowledgments in the unnumbered
correct style to use is “Heading 5”. Use “figure caption” for footnote on the first page.
your Figure captions, and “table head” for your table title. Run-
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 reference list. Use letters for
“Heading 2”, “Heading 3”, and “Heading 4” are prescribed. table footnotes.
C. Figures and Tables Unless there are six authors or more give all authors’
names; do not use “et al.”. Papers that have not been published,
a) Positioning Figures and Tables: Place figures and even if they have been submitted for publication, should be
tables at the top and bottom of columns. Avoid placing them cited as “unpublished” [4]. Papers that have been accepted for
in the middle of columns. Large figures and tables may span publication should be cited as “in press” [5]. Capitalize only
across both columns. Figure captions should be below the the first word in a paper title, except for proper nouns and
figures; table heads should appear above the tables. Insert element symbols.
figures and tables after they are cited in the text. Use the
For papers published in translation journals, please give the
abbreviation “Fig. 1”, even at the beginning of a sentence.
English citation first, followed by the original foreign-language
citation [6].
TABLE I. TABLE TYPE STYLES

Table Table Column Head [1] G. Eason, B. Noble, and I. N. Sneddon, “On certain integrals of
Head Table column subhead Subhead Subhead Lipschitz-Hankel type involving products of Bessel functions,” Phil.
Trans. Roy. Soc. London, vol. A247, pp. 529–551, April 1955.
copy More table copya
(references)
a.
[2] J. Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd ed., vol.
We suggest that you use a text box to insert a graphic 2. Oxford: Clarendon, 1892, pp.68–73.
(which is ideally a 300 dpi TIFF or EPS file, with all fonts [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
embedded) because, in an MSW document, this method is York: Academic, 1963, pp. 271–350.
somewhat more stable than directly inserting a picture.
[4] K. Elissa, “Title of paper if known,” unpublished.
To have non-visible rules on your frame, use the [5] R. Nicole, “Title of paper with only first word capitalized,” J. Name
MSWord “Format” pull-down menu, select Text Box > Stand. Abbrev., in press.
Colors and Lines to choose No Fill and No Line. [6] Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka, and Y. Tagawa, “Electron spectroscopy
studies on magneto-optical media and plastic substrate interface,” IEEE
Sample of a Table footnote. (Table footnote) Transl. J. Magn. Japan, vol. 2, pp. 740–741, August 1987 [Digests 9th
Fig. 1. Example of a figure caption. (figure caption) Annual Conf. Magnetics Japan, p. 301, 1982].
[7] M. Young, The Technical Writer’s Handbook. Mill Valley, CA:
University Science, 1989.