% This is a simple LaTex sample document that gives a submission format

% for The 2006 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies

% and Systems (CTS 2006) conference submissions. Use at your own risk.

% Make two column format for LaTex 2e.

\documentclass[10pt,twocolumn]{article}

\usepackage{times}

% Use following instead for LaTex 2.09 (may need some other mods as well).

% \documentstyle[times,twocolumn]{article}

% Set dimensions of columns, gap between columns, and paragraph indent

\setlength{\textheight}{8.875in} \setlength{\textwidth}{6.875in}

\setlength{\columnsep}{0.3125in} \setlength{\topmargin}{0in}

\setlength{\headheight}{0in} \setlength{\headsep}{0in}

\setlength{\parindent}{0pc}

\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-.1875in} % Centers text.

\setlength{\evensidemargin}{-.1875in}

% Add the period after section numbers. Adjust spacing.

\newcommand{\Section}[1]{\vspace{-8pt}\section{\hskip -1em.~~#1}\vspace{-3pt}}

\newcommand{\SubSection}[1]{\vspace{-3pt}\subsection{\hskip -1em.~~#1}\vspace{-3pt}}

\begin{document}

% Don't want date printed

\date{}

% Make title bold and 14 pt font (Latex default is non-bold, 16pt)

% Capitalize the first letter of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives,

% and adverbs; do not capitalize articles, coordinate conjunctions,

% or prepositions (unless the title begins with such a word).

\title{\Large\bf Author Guidelines for 8.5x11-inch Proceedings Manuscripts}

% For single author (just remove % characters)

%\author{Author Name \\

%\it Department \\

%\it Institute \\

%\it City, STATE, zip \\

%\it Email}

% For two authors (default example)

\author{\begin{tabular}[t]{c@{\extracolsep{8em}}c}

Author Name & Coauthor Name\\

\it Department & \it Coauthor Department \\

\it Institute & \it Coauthor Institute \\

\it City, STATE~~zipcode & \it City, STATE~~zipcode \\

\it Email & \it Coauthor Email

\end{tabular}}

\maketitle

% Don't want page numbered

\pagestyle{empty}

\thispagestyle{empty}

\section*{\fontsize{12}{12}\selectfont ABSTRACT}

{\em The abstract is to be in fully-justified italicized text, at

the top of the left-hand column as it is here, below the author

information. Use the word "ABSTRACT" as the title, in 12-point

Times, boldface type, aligned left relative to the column,

uppercase. The abstract is to be in 10-point, single-spaced type,

and up to 200 words in length. Leave two blank lines after the

abstract, add keywords, leave another two blank lines, and then

begin the main text.

%end italics mode

}

\section*{\fontsize{10}{0}\selectfont KEYWORDS:

\fontfamily{time}\selectfont Add 5-6 keywords representing the

paper closely.}

\section*{}

\Section{\fontsize{12}{-10}\selectfont INTRODUCTION}

All manuscripts must be in English. These guidelines include

complete descriptions of the fonts, spacing, and related

information for producing your proceedings manuscripts. Please

follow them and if you have any questions, direct them to the

Publication Chair or one of the organizers.

\Section{\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont FORMATTING YOUR PAPER}

All printed material, including text, illustrations, and charts,

must be kept within a print area of 6-7/8 inches (17.5 cm) wide by

8-7/8 inches (22.5 cm) high. Do not write or print anything

outside the print area. All text must be in a two-column format.

Columns are to be 3-1/4 inches (8.3 cm) wide, with a 3/8 inch (0.8

cm) space between them. Text must be fully justified.

\vspace{12pt}

A format sheet with the margins and placement guides

is available as both Word and PDF files as $<$format.doc$>$ and

$<$format.pdf$>$. It contains lines and boxes showing the margins

and print areas. If you hold it and your printed page up to the

light, you can easily check your margins to see if your print area

fits within the space allowed.

\Section{\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont MAIN TITLE}

The main title (on the first page) should begin 1-3/8 inches (3.49

cm) from the top edge of the page, centered, and in Times

14-point, boldface type. Capitalize the first letter of nouns,

pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; do not capitalize

articles, coordinate conjunctions, or prepositions (unless the

title begins with such a word). Leave two 12-point blank lines

after the title.

\Section{\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont AUTHOR NAME(S) AND

AFFILIATION(S)}

Author names and affiliations are to be centered beneath the title

and printed in Times 12-point, non-boldface type. Multiple authors

may be shown in a two- or three-column format, with their

affiliations italicized and centered below their respective names.

Include e-mail addresses if possible. Author information should be

followed by two 12-point blank lines.

\Section{\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont SECOND AND FOLLOWING PAGES}

The second and following pages should begin 1.0 inch (2.54 cm)

from the top edge. On all pages, the bottom margin should be 1-1/8

inches (2.86 cm) from the bottom edge of the page for 8.5 x

11-inch paper; for A4 paper, approximately 1-5/8 inches (4.13 cm)

from the bottom edge of the page.

\Section{\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont TYPE-STYLE AND FONTS}

Wherever Times is specified, Times Roman or Times New Roman may be

used. If neither is available on your word processor, please use

the font closest in appearance to Times. Avoid using bit-mapped

fonts if possible. True-Type 1 fonts are preferred.

\Section{\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont MAIN TEXT}

Type your main text in 10-point Times, single-spaced. Do not use

double-spacing. All paragraphs should be indented 1/4 inch

(approximately 0.5 cm). Be sure your text is fully justified-that

is, flush left and flush right. Place additional blank line

between paragraphs.

\vspace{12pt}

\textbf{Figure and table captions} should be 10-point boldface

Helvetica (or a similar sans-serif font). Callouts should be

9-point non-boldface Helvetica. Capitalize the

first letter of each word for figure captions and table titles. Figures and

tables must be numbered separately. For example: ``Figure 1.

Database Contexts'', ``Table 1. Input Data''. Figure captions are

to be centered below the figures. Table titles are to be centered

above the tables.

\Section{\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont FIRST-ORDER HEADINGS}

For example, ``1. INTRODUCTION'', should be Times 12-point

boldface, capitalized, flush left, with one blank line before, and

one blank line after. Use a period (``.'') after the heading

number, not a colon. All sections and sub-sections must be

numbered except the References and Acknowledgement,

if there is any.

\SubSection{Second-Order Headings}

As in this heading, they should be Times 11-point boldface,

capitalized the first letter of each word, flush left, with one blank line before, and

one after.

\subsubsection{Third-Order Headings}

Third-order headings, as in this paragraph, are discouraged.

However, if you must use them, use 10-point Times, boldface,

Capitalized the first letter of each word, flush left, preceded by one blank line,

followed by your text on the next line.

\Section{\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont FOOTNOTES}

Use footnotes sparingly (or not at all) and place them at the

bottom of the column on the page on which they are referenced. Use

Times 8-point type, single-spaced. To help your readers, avoid

using footnotes altogether and include necessary peripheral

observations in the text (within parentheses, if you prefer, as in

this sentence).

\Section{\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont COPYRIGHT FORMS AND REPRINT

ORDERS}

You must include your fully-completed, signed copyright release

form when you submit your paper. We must have this form before

your paper can be published in the proceedings. The copyright form

is available as a Word file, $<$copyright.doc$>$, as a PDF

version, $<$copyright.pdf$>$, and as a text file in

$<$authguid.txt$>$.

Reprints may be ordered using the form provided as

$<$reprint.doc$>$ or $<$reprint.pdf$>$.

\section*{\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont REFERENCES}

List and number all bibliographical references in 9-point Times,

single-spaced, at the end of your paper. When referenced in the

text, enclose the citation number in square brackets, for example

\cite{Jones}, or \cite{Tom}. Where appropriate, include the

name(s) of editors of referenced books. References must have full

citation.

% There are various bibliographic and citation schemes available in

% LaTex, but we choose to use the simplest one in this example.

% Throughout I may cite references of the form \cite{Jones}, or

% \cite{Smith} and LaTeX will keep track of numbering. The numbers

% are based on the order you place them in the bibliography, not the

% order they appear in the text. They should (I believe) be in

% alphabetical order. LaTex will put square brackets about the

% number within the text of your paper. For those of you new to

% LaTex, you may have to run the latex process twice to allow all

% references to be resolved. You will get a warning about a missing

% .aux file. Just rerun latex and it will be ok.

% this would change it to large bold REFERENCES

%\renewcommand{\refname}{\textbf{\large REFERENCES}}

%remove the word 'References' from bibliography

\renewcommand{\refname}{}

\begin{thebibliography}{9}

\small % Use 9 point text.

\bibitem{Jones}

Jones, C.D., A.B. Smith, and E.F. Roberts, BOOK TITLE, edition,

Publisher, Location, Date.

\bibitem{Smith}

Smith, A.B., C.D. Jones, and E.F. Roberts, ``Article Title,''

\textit{Journal}, Publisher, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2001, pp. 1-10.

\bibitem{Tom}

Tom, A.B., and E.F. Roberts, ``Article Title,'' Conference,

Publisher, Location, Date, pp. 1-10.

\end{thebibliography}

\end{document}