for the whole volume of proceedings - proceedings, like any other
book, are much more useful with an index. To create an index
entry for a particular point in your text, simply type the index
word between the braces of:
\index{}
at the point to whose page number the final index
should refer; LATEX will do the rest. Whether we will
ultimately make an alphabetical index or not depends on how many
of you use this option.
This is so far all standard LATEX convention, and in
preparing your paper we would like you to adhere strictly to that
convention insofar as the body of your text is concernedd.
We are however introducing three exceptions to the
standard LATEX typesetting command set, in order to standardize
the author and institute list:
- List of authors. After the
\chapter{}
command, the list of
authors should be typed inside the braces of
\author{}
- List of addresses. After the
\author{}
command, the authors'
addresses should be typed inside the braces of
\address{}
If there are several
addresses, they should all be included in the one
\address{}
directive; however,
each address should be terminated either by a blank line or two
backslashes i.e. \\
- Abstract. After the address
list, the abstract should be typed within the braces of:
\abstract{}
These commands are not standard (at least, not in the way
we shall be using them), and so to enable you to typeset your
text correctly on your local computer, you should place at the
head of your text the following lines of LATEX commands:
\renewcommand{\abstract}[1]{{ \footnotesize \noindent {\bf Abstract} #1 \\}}
\renewcommand{\author}[1]{\subsubsection*{\it#1}}
\newcommand{\address}[1]{\subsubsection*{\it#1}}
It may look like gibberish, but it works.
Supplying figures
The preferred way to include
figures is to use the "encapsulated Postscript" technique, in
which you supply ASCII files with your figures encoded in
Postscript form, while your LATEX file includes appropriate
commands to read in this file at the places where you wish to
place the figures.
If you are unable to do this for whatever reason, please send
us, together with the printed version of your text, good copies
of your figures reduced to the correct size; in your LATEX file
you should have reserved space for the figures in the usual
manner (with a
\vspace{xxcm}
command within the figure environment), and in the printed
version of your text you should indicate which figure should go
where (preferably by pasting in a copy of the figures).
Summary
Please:
- Use LATEX for your contribution; this will not only
produce a nice-looking volume, but it will also lead to the
proceedings being produced faster.
- Use standard LATEX commands, except for the author, address
and abstract items.
- Avoid introducing local numbering schemes for sections,
equations, figures, references etc., use LATEX's scheme of
symbolic labels.
- Send us your document as an ASCII file, with no encoding of
any sort (encoding only gives you more work and us much more
work). Most word processors have an output option to allow you
to do this: in Word, for example, this goes by the name "Text
only".Send us either a PC or a MAC disquette (but preferably PC
if you have the choice), or ZIP up the entire document (latex source file and figures) and send the zipped file via email to the
address you already know so well (blois.confs@obspm.fr). In any case, send us a
printed version, for comparison.
And, of course, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to
contact L. M. Celnikier.