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Paper Title* (use style: paper title)

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” template and proceedings, and not as an independent document. Please do
already defines the components of your paper [title, text, heads, not revise any of the current designations.
etc.] in its style sheet. *CRITICAL: Do Not Use Symbols,
Special Characters, Footnotes, or Math in Paper Title or III. PREPARE YOUR PAPER BEFORE STYLING
Abstract maximum 300 words. (Abstract) Before you begin to format your paper, first write and
Keywords—component, formatting, style, styling, insert (key
save the content as a separate text file. Complete all content
words) and organizational editing before formatting. Please note
sections A-D below for more information on proofreading,
I. INTRODUCTION (HEADING 1) spelling and grammar.
This template, modified in MS Word 2007 and saved as Keep your text and graphic files separate until after the
a “Word 97-2003 Document” for the PC, provides authors text has been formatted and styled. Do not use hard tabs, and
with most of the formatting specifications needed for limit use of hard returns to only one return at the end of a
preparing electronic versions of their papers. All standard paragraph. Do not add any kind of pagination anywhere in
paper components have been specified for three reasons: (1) the paper. Do not number text heads-the template will do
ease of use when formatting individual papers, (2) automatic that for you.
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
Margins, column widths, line spacing, and type styles are are used in the text, even after they have been defined in the
built-in; examples of the type styles are provided throughout abstract. Abbreviations such as IEEE, SI, MKS, CGS, sc, dc,
this document and are identified in italic type, within and rms do not have to be defined. Do not use abbreviations
parentheses, following the example. Some components, such in the title or heads unless they are unavoidable.
as multi-leveled equations, graphics, and tables are not
B. Units
prescribed, although the various table text styles are
provided. The formatter will need to create these ● Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units. (SI
components, incorporating the applicable criteria that
units are encouraged.) English units may be used as
follow.
secondary units (in parentheses). An exception
II. EASE OF USE would be the use of English units as identifiers in
trade, such as “3.5-inch disk drive”.
A. Selecting a Template (Heading 2)
First, confirm that you have the correct template for your ● Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as current
paper size. This template has been tailored for output on the in amperes and magnetic field in oersteds. This
A4 paper size. If you are using US letter-sized paper, please often leads to confusion because equations do not
close this file and download the Microsoft Word, Letter file. balance dimensionally. If you must use mixed units,
B. Maintaining the Integrity of the Specifications clearly state the units for each quantity that you use
in an equation.
The template is used to format your paper and style the
text. All margins, column widths, line spaces, and text fonts
● Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations of
are prescribed; please do not alter them. You may note
peculiarities. For example, the head margin in this template units: “Wb/m2” or “webers per square meter”, not
measures proportionately more than is customary. This “webers/m2”. Spell out units when they appear in
measurement and others are deliberate, using specifications text: “. . . a few henries”, not “. . . a few H”.
that anticipate your paper as one part of the entire Identify applicable funding agency here. If none, delete this text box.

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and “compliment”, “discreet” and “discrete”,
● Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25”, not “.25”. “principal” and “principle”.
Use “cm3”, not “cc”. (bullet list)
C. Equations ● Do not confuse “imply” and “infer”.
The equations are an exception to the prescribed
specifications of this template. You will need to determine ● The prefix “non” is not a word; it should be joined
whether or not your equation should be typed using either to the word it modifies, usually without a hyphen.
the Times New Roman or the Symbol font (please no other
font). To create multileveled equations, it may be necessary ● There is no period after the “et” in the Latin
to treat the equation as a graphic and insert it into the text abbreviation “et al.”.
after your paper is styled.
Number equations consecutively. Equation numbers, ● The abbreviation “i.e.” means “that is”, and the
within parentheses, are to position flush right, as in (1), abbreviation “e.g.” means “for example”.
using a right tab stop. To make your equations more
compact, you may use the solidus ( / ), the exp function, or An excellent style manual for science writers is [7].
appropriate exponents. Italicize Roman symbols for IV. USING THE TEMPLATE
quantities and variables, but not Greek symbols. Use a long
dash rather than a hyphen for a minus sign. Punctuate After the text edit has been completed, the paper is ready
equations with commas or periods when they are part of a for the template. Duplicate the template file by using the
sentence, as in: Save As command, and use the naming convention
prescribed by your conference for the name of your paper.
In this newly created file, highlight all of the contents and
ab  import your prepared text file. You are now ready to style
your paper; use the scroll down window on the left of the
Note that the equation is centered using a center tab stop. MS Word Formatting toolbar.
Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been defined
A. Authors and Affiliations
before or immediately following the equation. Use “(1)”, not
“Eq. (1)” or “equation (1)”, except at the beginning of a The template is designed for, but not limited to, six
sentence: “Equation (1) is . . .” authors. A minimum of one author is required for all
conference articles. Author names should be listed starting
D. Some Common Mistakes from left to right and then moving down to the next line.
This is the author sequence that will be used in future
● The word “data” is plural, not singular. citations and by indexing services. Names should not be
listed in columns nor group by affiliation. Please keep your
● The subscript for the permeability of vacuum μ0, and affiliations as succinct as possible (for example, do not
other common scientific constants, is zero with differentiate among departments of the same organization).
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
● In American English, commas, semicolons, periods,
more than 8 authors.
question and exclamation marks are located within 2) For papers with less than six authors: To change
quotation marks only when a complete thought or
the default, adjust the template as follows.
name is cited, such as a title or full quotation. When
quotation marks are used, instead of a bold or italic a) Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation lines.
typeface, to highlight a word or phrase, punctuation b) Change number of columns: Select the Columns
should appear outside of the quotation marks. A icon from the MS Word Standard toolbar and then select the
parenthetical phrase or statement at the end of a correct number of columns from the selection palette.
sentence is punctuated outside of the closing c) Deletion: Delete the author and affiliation lines for
parenthesis (like this). (A parenthetical sentence is the extra authors.
punctuated within the parentheses.)

● A graph within a graph is an “inset”, not an “insert”. B. Identify the Headings


The word alternatively is preferred to the word Headings, or heads, are organizational devices that guide
“alternately” (unless you really mean something that the reader through your paper. There are two types:
alternates). component heads and text heads.
Component heads identify the different components of
● Do not use the word “essentially” to mean
your paper and are not topically subordinate to each other.
“approximately” or “effectively”. Examples include Acknowledgments and References and,
for these, the correct style to use is “Heading 5”. Use “figure
● In your paper title, if the words “that uses” can caption” for your Figure captions, and “table head” for your
accurately replace the word “using”, capitalize the table title. Run-in heads, such as “Abstract”, will require you
“u”; if not, keep using lower-cased. to apply a style (in this case, italic) in addition to the style
provided by the drop down menu to differentiate the head
● Be aware of the different meanings of the from the text.
homophones “affect” and “effect”, “complement”

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Text heads organize the topics on a relational, B. G. thanks...”. Put sponsor acknowledgments in the
hierarchical basis. For example, the paper title is the primary unnumbered footnote on the first page.
text head because all subsequent material relates and
elaborates on this one topic. If there are two or more sub- REFERENCES
topics, the next level head (uppercase Roman numerals) The template will number citations consecutively within
should be used and, conversely, if there are not at least two brackets [1]. The sentence punctuation follows the bracket
sub-topics, then no subheads should be introduced. Styles [2]. Refer simply to the reference number, as in [3]—do not
named “Heading 1”, “Heading 2”, “Heading 3”, and use “Ref. [3]” or “reference [3]” except at the beginning of a
“Heading 4” are prescribed. sentence: “Reference [3] was the first ...”
C. Figures and Tables Number footnotes separately in superscripts. Place the
a) Positioning Figures and Tables: Place figures and actual footnote at the bottom of the column in which it was
tables at the top and bottom of columns. Avoid placing them cited. Do not put footnotes in the abstract or reference list.
in the middle of columns. Large figures and tables may span Use letters for table footnotes.
across both columns. Figure captions should be below the Unless there are six authors or more give all authors’
figures; table heads should appear above the tables. Insert names; do not use “et al.”. Papers that have not been
figures and tables after they are cited in the text. Use the published, even if they have been submitted for publication,
abbreviation “Fig. 1”, even at the beginning of a sentence. should be cited as “unpublished” [4]. Papers that have been
accepted for publication should be cited as “in press” [5].
TABLE I. TABLE TYPE STYLES Capitalize only the first word in a paper title, except for
Table Column Head
proper nouns and element symbols.
Table
Head Table column subhead Subhead Subhead For papers published in translation journals, please give
copy More table copy a the English citation first, followed by the original foreign-
a.
language citation [6].
Sample of a Table footnote. (Table footnote)

Fig. 1. Example of a figure caption. (figure caption)


[1] G. Eason, B. Noble, and I. N. Sneddon, “On certain integrals of
Lipschitz-Hankel type involving products of Bessel functions,” Phil.
Figure Labels: Use 8 point Times New Roman for Trans. Roy. Soc. London, vol. A247, pp. 529–551, April 1955.
Figure labels. Use words rather than symbols or (references)
abbreviations when writing Figure axis labels to avoid [2] J. Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd ed.,
confusing the reader. As an example, write the quantity vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon, 1892, pp.68–73.
“Magnetization”, or “Magnetization, M”, not just “M”. If [3] I. S. Jacobs and C. P. Bean, “Fine particles, thin films and exchange
including units in the label, present them within parentheses. anisotropy,” in Magnetism, vol. III, G. T. Rado and H. Suhl, Eds.
Do not label axes only with units. In the example, write New York: Academic, 1963, pp. 271–350.
“Magnetization (A/m)” or “Magnetization {A[m(1)]}”, not [4] K. Elissa, “Title of paper if known,” unpublished.
just “A/m”. Do not label axes with a ratio of quantities and [5] R. Nicole, “Title of paper with only first word capitalized,” J. Name
units. For example, write “Temperature (K)”, not Stand. Abbrev., in press.
“Temperature/K”. [6] Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka, and Y. Tagawa, “Electron
spectroscopy studies on magneto-optical media and plastic substrate
ACKNOWLEDGMENT (Heading 5) interface,” IEEE Transl. J. Magn. Japan, vol. 2, pp. 740–741, August
1987 [Digests 9th Annual Conf. Magnetics Japan, p. 301, 1982].
The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in [7] M. Young, The Technical Writer’s Handbook. Mill Valley, CA:
America is without an “e” after the “g”. Avoid the stilted University Science, 1989.
expression “one of us (R. B. G.) thanks ...”. Instead, try “R.

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