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FORMAT YOUR DOCUMENT

In addition to being properly edited, your document must also be properly formatted.

  • We can accept most word processing formats (but we prefer Microsoft Word or WordPerfect).

  • Please see your journal’s 'Guide for Authors' to check the style of the individual journal, and particularly the reference style. By submitting a paper in the journal’s preferred style,  fewer changes will have to be made later on, which reduces the possibility of errors being introduced.

  • Most formatting codes are removed or replaced when we process your article, so there is no need for you to use excessive layout styling.

    Please do not use options such as automatic word breaking, justified layout, double columns or automatic paragraph numbering (especially for numbered references).

  • You may use bold face, italic, subscripts, superscripts, etc., as appropriate.

  • When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, please use only one grid for each separate table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is being used, use tabs to align columns (instead of spaces).

  • When you create your manuscript, please make sure it is in the following order:

a) Title
b) Authors
c) Affiliation
d) Abstract
e) Keywords
f) Main Text
g) Acknowledgement
h) Appendix
i) References
j) Vitae
k) Figures
l) Legends
m) Tables  

Note:  Do not import figures into the text file. If you use LaTeX to write your articles, we have separate LaTeX instructions.



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