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First A. Author, Second B. Author, Jr., and Third C. Author

Template for Preparation of Multi-Page Papers

Adapted From IEEE EMBS EMBC Multi-Page Submissions
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Abstract— This document is a template for Microsoft Word III. MATH

for the submission of a multi-page paper to the journal. sheet,
as illustrated by the portions given in this document. Before you begin to format your paper, first write and
save the content as a separate text file. Keep your text and
I.INTRODUCTION graphic files separate until after the text has been formatted
and styled. Do not use hard tabs, and limit use of hard returns
This template, modified in MS Word 2003 and saved as
to only one return at the end of a paragraph. Do not add any
“Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 – RTF” for the PC, provides
kind of pagination anywhere in the paper. Do not number text
authors with most of the formatting specifications needed for
heads-the template will do that for you.
preparing electronic versions of their papers. All standard
paper components have been specified for three reasons: (1) Finally, complete content and organizational editing
ease of use when formatting individual papers, (2) automatic before formatting. Please take note of the following items
compliance to electronic requirements that facilitate the when proofreading spelling and grammar:
concurrent or later production of electronic products, and (3)
conformity of style throughout a conference proceedings. A. Abbreviations and Acronyms
Margins, column widths, line spacing, and type styles are Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are
built-in; examples of the type styles are provided throughout used in the text, even after they have been defined in the
this document and are identified in italic type, within abstract. Abbreviations such as IEEE, SI, MKS, CGS, sc, dc,
parentheses, following the example. Some components, such and rms do not have to be defined. Do not use abbreviations
as multi-leveled equations, graphics, and tables are not in the title or heads unless they are unavoidable.
prescribed, although the various table text styles are
B. Units
provided. The 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
II. PROCEDURE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION secondary units (in parentheses). An exception would
A. Selecting a Template (Heading 2) be the use of English units as identifiers in trade,
such as “3.5-inch disk drive”.
First, confirm that you have the correct template for your
paper size. This template has been tailored for output on the  Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as current
US-letter paper size. Please do not use it for A4 paper since in amperes and magnetic field in oersteds. This often
the margin requirements for A4 papers may be different from leads to confusion because equations do not balance
Letter paper size. Please limit papers to 8 pages max. dimensionally. If you must use mixed units, clearly
state the units for each quantity that you use in an
B. Maintaining the Integrity of the Specifications 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 units: “Wb/m2” or “webers per square meter”, not
peculiarities. For example, the head margin in this template “webers/m2”. Spell out units when they appear in
measures proportionately more than is customary. This text: “. . . a few henries”, not “. . . a few H”.
measurement and others are deliberate, using specifications  Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25”, not “.25”.
that anticipate your paper as one part of the entire Use “cm3”, not “cc”. (bullet list)
proceedings, and not as an independent document. Please do
not revise any of the current designations. C. Equations
The equations are an exception to the prescribed
specifications of this template. You will need to determine
whether or not your equation should be typed using either the
Times New Roman or the Symbol font (please no other font).
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© 2018 Author. This is an open access article distributed under the terms
To create multileveled equations, it may be necessary to treat
of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits the equation as a graphic and insert it into the text after your
the user to copy, distribute, and transmit the work provided that the original paper is styled. Number equations consecutively. Equation
author(s) and source are credited. numbers, within parentheses, are to position flush right, as in
F. A. Author is with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, (1), using a right tab stop. To make your equations more
Boulder, CO 80305 USA (corresponding author to provide phone: 303-555-
5555; fax: 303-555-5555; e-mail: author@ boulder.nist.gov).
compact, you may use the solidus ( / ), the exp function, or
S. B. Author, Jr., was with Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA. appropriate exponents. Italicize Roman symbols for
He is now with the Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort quantities and variables, but not Greek symbols. Use a long
Collins, CO 80523 USA (e-mail: author@lamar. colostate.edu). dash rather than a hyphen for a minus sign. Punctuate
T. C. Author is with the Electrical Engineering Department, University equations with commas or periods when they are part of a
of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA, on leave from the National Research
sentence, as in
Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Japan (e-mail: author@nrim.go.jp).
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Note that the equation is centered using a center tab stop. The template is designed so that author affiliations are not
Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been defined repeated each time for multiple authors of the same
before or immediately following the equation. Use “(1)”, not affiliation. Please keep your affiliations as succinct as
“Eq. (1)” or “equation (1)”, except at the beginning of a possible (for example, do not differentiate among
sentence: “Equation (1) is . . .” departments of the same organization). This template was
designed for two affiliations.
D. Some Common Mistakes
 The word “data” is plural, not singular. For author/s of only one affiliation (Heading 3): To
change the default, adjust the template as follows.
 The subscript for the permeability of vacuum 0, and
Selection (Heading 4): Highlight all author and
other common scientific constants, is zero with
affiliation lines.
subscript formatting, not a lowercase letter “o”.
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
Deletion: Delete the author and affiliation lines for the
name is cited, such as a title or full quotation. When
quotation marks are used, instead of a bold or italic second affiliation.
typeface, to highlight a word or phrase, punctuation For author/s of more than two affiliations: To change
should appear outside of the quotation marks. A the default, adjust the template as follows.
parenthetical phrase or statement at the end of a Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation lines.
sentence is punctuated outside of the closing Change number of columns: Select the “Columns” icon
parenthesis (like this). (A parenthetical sentence is from the MS Word Standard toolbar and then select “1
punctuated within the parentheses.) Column” from the selection palette.
 A graph within a graph is an “inset”, not an “insert”. Highlight author and affiliation lines of affiliation 1 and
The word alternatively is preferred to the word copy this selection.
“alternately” (unless you really mean something that Formatting: Insert one hard return immediately after the
alternates).
last character of the last affiliation line. Then paste down the
 Do not use the word “essentially” to mean copy of affiliation 1. Repeat as necessary for each additional
“approximately” or “effectively”. affiliation.
 In your paper title, if the words “that uses” can Reassign number of columns: Place your cursor to the
accurately replace the word “using”, capitalize the right of the last character of the last affiliation line of an
“u”; if not, keep using lower-cased. even numbered affiliation (e.g., if there are five affiliations,
place your cursor at end of fourth affiliation). Drag the cursor up
 Be aware of the different meanings of the to highlight all of the above author and affiliation lines. Go to
homophones “affect” and “effect”, “complement” Column icon and select “2 Columns”. If you have an odd number
and “compliment”, “discreet” and “discrete”, of affiliations, the final affiliation will be centered on the page; all
“principal” and “principle”. previous will be in two columns.
 Do not confuse “imply” and “infer”. B. Identify the Headings
 The prefix “non” is not a word; it should be joined to Headings, or heads, are organizational devices that guide
the word it modifies, usually without a hyphen. the reader through your paper. There are two types:
component heads and text heads.
 There is no period after the “et” in the Latin
abbreviation “et al.”. Component heads identify the different components of
your paper and are not topically subordinate to each other.
 The abbreviation “i.e.” means “that is”, and the Examples include Acknowledgments and References and, for
abbreviation “e.g.” means “for example”. these, the correct style to use is “Heading 5”. Use “figure
An excellent style manual for science writers is [7]. caption” for your Figure captions, and “table head” for your
table title. Run-in heads, such as “Abstract”, will require you
IV. USING THE TEMPLATE to apply a style (in this case, italic) in addition to the style
provided by the drop down menu to differentiate the head
After the text edit has been completed, the paper is ready
from the text.
for the template. Duplicate the template file by using the
Save As command, and use the naming convention Text heads organize the topics on a relational,
prescribed by your conference for the name of your paper. In hierarchical basis. For example, the paper title is the primary
this newly created file, highlight all of the contents and text head because all subsequent material relates and
import your prepared text file. You are now ready to style elaborates on this one topic. If there are two or more sub-
your paper; use the scroll down window on the left of the MS topics, the next level head (uppercase Roman numerals)
Word Formatting toolbar. should be used and, conversely, if there are not at least two
sub-topics, then no subheads should be introduced. Styles
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named “Heading 1”, “Heading 2”, “Heading 3”, and

“Heading 4” are prescribed.
C. Figures and Tables
Positioning Figures and Tables: Place figures and tables REFERENCES
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in
America is without an “e” after the “g”. Avoid the stilted
expression, “One of us (R. B. G.) thanks . . .” Instead, try
“R. B. G. thanks”. Put sponsor acknowledgments in the
unnumbered footnote on the first page.