Template - Atlantis
Template - Atlantis
*Note: Sub-titles are not captured in proceedings and should not be used
Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations of Be aware of the different meanings of the
units: “Wb/m2” or “webers per square meter”, not homophones “affect” and “effect”, “complement” and
“webers/m2”. Spell out units when they appear in “compliment”, “discreet” and “discrete”, “principal”
text: “. . . a few henries”, not “. . . a few H”. and “principle”.
Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25”, not “.25”. Do not confuse “imply” and “infer”.
Use “cm3”, not “cc”. (bullet list) The prefix “non” is not a word; it should be joined to
the word it modifies, usually without a hyphen.
C. Equations
There is no period after the “et” in the Latin
The equations are an exception to the prescribed abbreviation “et al.”.
specifications of this template. You will need to determine
whether or not your equation should be typed using either the The abbreviation “i.e.” means “that is”, and the
Times New Roman or the Symbol font (please no other abbreviation “e.g.” means “for example”.
font). To create multileveled equations, it may be necessary
to treat the equation as a graphic and insert it into the text An excellent style manual for science writers is [7].
after your paper is styled.
IV. USING THE TEMPLATE
Number equations consecutively. Equation numbers,
within parentheses, are to position flush right, as in (1), using After the text edit has been completed, the paper is ready
a right tab stop. To make your equations more compact, you for the template. Duplicate the template file by using the
may use the solidus ( / ), the exp function, or appropriate Save As command, and use the naming convention
exponents. Italicize Roman symbols for quantities and prescribed by your conference for the name of your paper. In
variables, but not Greek symbols. Use a long dash rather than this newly created file, highlight all of the contents and
a hyphen for a minus sign. Punctuate equations with commas import your prepared text file. You are now ready to style
or periods when they are part of a sentence, as in: your paper; use the scroll down window on the left of the MS
Word Formatting toolbar.
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. Sample of a Table footnote. (Table footnote) [2] J. Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd 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. Suhl, Eds.
Figure Labels: Use 8 point Times New Roman for Figure New York: Academic, 1963, pp. 271–350.
labels. Use words rather than symbols or abbreviations when [4] K. Elissa, “Title of paper if known,” unpublished.
writing Figure axis labels to avoid confusing the reader. As [5] R. Nicole, “Title of paper with only first word capitalized,” J. Name
an example, write the quantity “Magnetization”, or Stand. Abbrev., in press.
“Magnetization, M”, not just “M”. If including units in the [6] Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka, and Y. Tagawa, “Electron
label, present them within parentheses. Do not label axes spectroscopy studies on magneto-optical media and plastic substrate
only with units. In the example, write “Magnetization (A/m)” interface,” IEEE Transl. J. Magn. Japan, vol. 2, pp. 740–741, August
1987 [Digests 9th Annual Conf. Magnetics Japan, p. 301, 1982].
or “Magnetization {A[m(1)]}”, not just “A/m”. Do not label
[7] M. Young, The Technical Writer’s Handbook. Mill Valley, CA:
axes with a ratio of quantities and units. For example, write University Science, 1989.
“Temperature (K)”, not “Temperature/K”.
We suggest that you use a text box to insert a graphic
(which is ideally a 300 dpi TIFF or EPS file, with all fonts
embedded) because, in an MSW document, this method is
somewhat more stable than directly inserting a picture.
To have non-visible rules on your frame, use the
MSWord “Format” pull-down menu, select Text Box >
Colors and Lines to choose No Fill and No Line.