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Prepare your
manuscript with a word processor, using the following formatting
indications:
- The page format must be A4 (21.0 cm × 29.7 cm);
- Limit total length of the paper to five pages. However
papers up to 8 pages are allowed subject to an over length page fee.
- Set left and right margins to 1.5 cm
- Set top margin to 2.5 cm, and bottom margin to 4.0 cm;
- Do not place anything outside the above margins;
- Use two 8.6 cm width columns per page, with a 0.8 cm
spacing between them;
- The paper must be typed using single spacing;
- Use Times New Roman or Times Roman font, and all text
(except the title) must be 10pt;
- Title must be 12pt, bold, all caps;
- Author's names, in bold, follow after a blank line;
- Author's affiliations follow after a blank line;
- Title, author's names and affiliations must be
page-centred, taking the width of the two columns;
- Use capitals for section titles, and italics for
subsection title;
- Figures, tables and equations must have separate
sequential numbering;
- Captions must be centred, and placed above tables and
underneath figures;
- Embed all tables, charts, figures and images within the
text;
- Do not number pages, and do not use footnotes.
NOTES:
- Do not use the Adobe Acrobat PDFWriter to generate the
PDF file. Use the Adobe Acrobat Distiller instead, which is contained in the
same package as the Acrobat PDFWriter.
- Make sure that you have used Type 1 or True Type Fonts
(check with the Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Writer by clicking on
File>Document Properties>Fonts to see the list of fonts and their type used
in the PDF document). |