PREPARATION
OF CAMERA-READY TYPESCRIPT:
NATO-SERIES
A.N.
AUTHOR
Affiliation
lnstitute
address
1.
Introduction
These
instructions are intended to provide guidance to authors when preparing
camera-ready submissions to a volume in the NATO book series. Please read these
general instructions carefully before beginning the final preparation of your
camera-ready typescript.
In
this Guide we distinguish three ways of preparing camera-ready
copy:
(a)
preparation on a computer using a
wordprocessing package;
(b) preparation on a computer using LATEX
in combination with our style file CRCKAPB.STY;
(c)
preparation on a
typewriter.
Final
output of (a) and (b) should always be done using a laser
printer.
The
LATEX style file CRCKAPB.STY can be obtained also from the Publisher. An accompanying
sample and instruction file is also available in both electronic and hard
copy form. See Section 14 for more information on how to obtain these files.
2.
Printer
Quality, Typing Area and Fonts
IMPORTANT:
If
you produce your camera-ready copy using a laser printer, use a 12.5 x 19 cm
typing area, as in these instructions, in combination with the 10 points Times
font.
If you do not produce your
camera-ready copy on a laser printer, use a typing area of 15 x 21.5 cm and a
text font larger than in these instructions (e.g.12 points). The pages will then
be reduced by about 15% prior to printing.
The
narnes and sizes of fonts are often not the sarne on every computer
system.
In
these instructions we use the Times font in the sizes 10 points for the text and
8
points for tables and figure legends. The references section should also be in
the 8 points font.
In general, if you cannot produce an output in Times, choose a font on your system that is similar. Authors who produce output with LATEX can use TEX's standard Computer Modem Font.
3.
Format
and Style
The
text should be in clear, concise English. Please be consistent in punctuation,
abbreviations, spelling (British vs. American), headings and the style of
referencing.
Camera-ready copy will be
printed exactly as it has been submitted, so please make sure that the text is
proofread with care.
In
general, if you prepare your typescript on a computer using a word processing
package, use styles for the font(s), margin settings, headings, etc., rather
than inserting these layout codes every time they are needed. This way, you will
obtain maximum consistency in layout. Changes in the layout can be made by
changing the relevant style(s).
4.
Layout
of the Opening Page
A
sample for the opening page of a contribution is shown in Figure 1 on page 3.
The opening page of a contribution in the NATO book series should always be a
right hand page and should consist of: the title in capital letters, bold font,
flush left, on the fourth text line; followed by the subtitle (if present) in
italics, flush left, with one line of white above. The author's name(s) in
capitals and the affiliation in italics, should be indented 2 cm from the left
margin and should have two lines of white space above and three below, followed
by the opening text, the first heading or the abstract.
5.
Headings
Please
distinguish the following four levels of headings:
1.
First-order Heading
This
heading is in bold, upper and lowercase letters, numbered in arabic figures, and
has two lines of space above and one line below. The text begins full out at the
left margin.
× 3 lines of
white TITLE OF
CONTRIBUTION
Subtitle of
Contribution
× 2 lines of
white Ö
2 cm
A.N. AUTHOR
Affiliation
Institute address × 3 lines of
white First
textline, first heading or abstract. |
Figure
1.
Sample of opening part of contribution to a volume in the NATO series.
When preparing your
manuscript on a typewriter, you can use all capital letters for the first-order
headings.
1.1.
SECOND-ORDER
HEADING IN CAPITALS
This
heading is in roman capitals, numbered in arabic figures and has one line of
space above and below. The text begins full out at the left
margin.
When preparing your
manuscript on a typewriter and you have used capital letters for the first-order
headings, you can use upper and lower case letters for the second-order headings
with the same amount of space above and below.
1.1.1.
Third-order Heading in
Italics
This heading is in italics,
upper and lower case letters, numbered in arabic figures and has one line of
space above and no space below. The text begins full out at the left
margin.
On
a typewriter that cannot produce italic letters, you can use the
underlining feature instead.
Fourth-order
Heading in Italics.
This heading is in italics, upper and lower-case letters, with one line of space
above the heading. The heading has a full stop at the end and the text runs on
on the same line.
On a typewriter that cannot
produce italic letters, you can use the underlining feature
instead.
If
you prepare your typescript on a wordprocessor, we advise you to use styles to
format the headings, rather than inserting the necessary layout codes every
time. This will ensure maximum consistency in the style of the
headings.
6.
Figures
and Photographs
-
Line drawings must be submitted in
original form, on good quality tracing paper, or as a glossy photographic
print.
-
Halftone photographs must be supplied as
glossy prints.
-
Colour illustrations. In the case of
colour illustrations, the author is expected to cover the extra costs involved
in advance. Please consult your Publisher about this.
-
Mount all illustrations directly into
the text at the appropriate places, using a good quality paste or gum. Under no
circumstances should you use adhesive tape for mounting. Alternatively, you
could leave the appropriate space blank in the text, and submit the
illustrations separately. If you do so, please put the figure numbers in pencil
in the open spaces in the text and on the back of the figures. Also indicate the
top of the illustration. The Publisher will then take care of mounting the
figures.
-
Reduction. Should your type script need
to be photographically reduced before printing, please take this into account
insofar as the size of lettering and fine detail of both line and photographic
illustrations are concerned.
-
Legends for figures/illustrations should
not be incorporated in the figure itself and they should be listed in numerical
order (headed as "Figure 1.", "Figure 2.", etc.). The legends should be
set centred, below the figure.
7.
Displayed
Equations
Displayed
equations should be set centred on the page, with the equation number in
parentheses, flush right.
Wherever
possible, try to avoid breaking equations between parentheses, brackets or
braces. Characters not available on your typewriter or computer can often be
improvised by typing them on a separate sheet and pasting them in. Many
technical symbols are available on dry-transfer lettering sheets and these can
be used to good effect.
8.
Tables
Please
centre tables on the page, unless it is necessary to use the full page width.
Exceptionally large tables may be placed landscape (90° rotated) on the page,
with the top of the table at the left-hand margin. An example of a table is
given below:
TABLE I. A comparison of ice sheets
during the Ice Age and the present day
Ice
sheet |
Volume
(106 km3) | |
|
Present |
Age |
Antarctic
|
30.0 |
34.0 |
Greenland |
02.6 |
03.5 |
North
American |
- |
33.0 |
Eurasian |
- |
13.3 |
9.
References
The
References should be typeset in a separate section as a numbered list at the end
of your contribution in the following style:
Journal
articles
should consist of: author's name, initials, year, title of article, journal
title, volume number, inclusive page numbers, e.g.:
1.
Bear, J. and Bachmat, Y. ( 1986) Macroscopic modelling of transport phe- nomena
in porous media, Transport in Porous
Media 1,
241-269.
2.
Parello, B.D., Kabat, W.C., and Wos, L. (1986) Job-shop scheduling using
automated reasoning, J. Automated
Reasoning 2,
1-42.
Book
references
should consist of: author's name, initials, year, title of book, publisher,
place of publication, e.g.:
3. Meyers, R.T. (1988) The Likelihood of Knowledge, Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
If
the reference to be cited is an article from an edited volume, then the name of
the author, the article title, editors and inclusive page numbers should be
mentioned, e.g.:
4.
Rieke, M.J. (1988) Star formation at the
galactic center, in R.E. Pudritz and M. Fich (eds.), Galactic and Extragalactic Star
Formation, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp.
345-359.
Unpublished
papers
should consist of: author's name, initials, year (or: in press), title of paper,
report, thesis, etc., other relevant details, e.g.:
5.
Van der Ploeg, F. (1982) Generalized least
squares methods for balancing large systems and tables of national accounts, CGP
Discussion Paper No. 520.
The
references above should be cross-referenced by numbers within square
brackets:
...as
cited in [1], and shown in the viability test of Parello et al. [2]...
The
use of author initials for cross-references is not
encouraged.
10.
Running Headlines
For
contributions to volumes in the NATO series, the running headlines should
contain only the page numbers, as in
these instructions.
11.
Index
For
the purpose of compiling a subject index, please submit two copies of your
contribution to the Editor of the Volume and highlight in colour on one of the
copies the keywords which should appear in the subject
index.
12.
Submission
Check
your typescript very carefully before it is submitted. Submit two copies of the
typescript to the Editor of the Volume. Always retain a copy of all material
submitted as backup.
13.
Notes for the Editor of the Volume
13.1.
PRELIMINARY PAGES AND PAGINATION
- Preliminary pages (i-iy) to be prepared
by the Publisher;
- Dedicationpage (optional) on page
v;
- Table of Contents starts on a new
right-hand page (v or vii);
- Preface by the editor
starts on the first right-hand page following the last page of the Table of
Contents;
- Acknowledgements (optional) starts on a
new right-hand page;
- Introduction (optional) If present, an
introduction should be placed in the preliminary pages, starting on a new
right-hand page.
-
The first page of the first
contribution should start on page 1. All
following contributions should start on a new right-hand page. Please
paginate the contributions, in the order in which they are to be published. Use
blue pencil only.
-
Please supply the
contributors to the volume with instructions on the style of references that
they should follow.
-
The Index (subject and/or
author) should start on a new right-hand page, after the last
contribution.
13.2.
DISK FORMATS AND WORD PROCESSING PACKAGES
If
you want to edit contributions that are submitted electronically before
submitting the camera-ready typescript to the Publisher, please take note of the
following. Ask the authors to submit their contributions on a diskette in a
format that you can use or can convert to the software that you use. Supply them
with information on your computer system, your wordprocessing package and
version. For more information, we refer you to the manuals of your software.
Please note that if the manual does not mention the format explicitly, you
probably will not be able to use the disk.
14.
Information
If
you want more information or if you have questions, please do not hesitate to
contact us:
KLUWER
ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
NATO
Publishing Unit
P.O.
Box 50, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Telephone:
+31 (0)78 6 576 215; Fax: +31 (0)78 6 576 388
E-Mail:
annelies.kersbergen@wkap.nl
The
LATEX style file CRCKAPB.STY and the accompanying sample and instruction file
CRCKAPB. TEX are available from the above e-mail
addresses.