MW2007 PAPER STYLES

All papers submitted for MW2007 must use the following styles, defined in this Word template. Failure to follow the styles will result in your paper not being included in the print publication.

See http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/paper_guidelines.html for instructions about citations.

1. TO APPLY THESE STYLES TO YOUR MS WORD DOCUMENT

Open the file with your paper text in it.

Choose Format --> Style

Choose Organizer

Under the Right Hand pane, under ‘styles available in …’ click ‘Close file’

Under the Right Hand pane, under ‘styles available in …’ click ‘Open File’, and browse to where this template is located

Select all the styles in this template

Click on ‘Copy’ to copy these styles to your document

Click on ‘yes to all ’ to replace styles in your document with the same name

Click on ‘close’ to save the styles to your document.

2. PAPER FORMAT GUIDELINES

Use only the Styles in this Template

Do NOT include Headers, Footers or other formatting.

Do NOT use footnotes. Citations are made in the text using the Author, Date method.

Do NOT use special fonts or typeface attributes. Use only the styles in this template.

Do NOT use columns in your text.

Name your file with the first author’s last name (trant.doc); do Not use a name like MW2007paper (or your file will get confused with someone else’s).

3. ILLUSTRATIONS, TABLES AND FIGURES

Do NOT include Illustrations, tables or figures embedded in your text. Mark the position where they should appear with a full caption.

Illustrations, tables and figures MUST be sent as separate files, named according to the guidelines, with the 1st author’s last name and the figure or table number in the filename.

See the instructions for captions below.

4. PAPER TITLE

Organize the top of your paper like this:

Paper Title

Author, Institution, Country

url

Abstract

Abstract text is indented from both sides of the page though it is not in a smaller type at this stage. Abstracts must be no longer than one paragraph.

Keywords: five or six, comma separated, follow the abstract.

Note how all this formatting is done using ONLY the applied styles. Don’t worry if the fonts do not display on your system.

5. PAPER TEXT

Follow with the Body of your Text: You may use the following styles in your text.

Heading 1,Heading: Main Headings – Each Word Capitalised; NOT ALL CAPITALS

Heading 2,subheading: First level subheadings -- only first word capitalised

Heading 3,sub-subheading: Second level subheadings -- only first word capitalised

Heading 4:Third level subheadings -- only first word capitalised

Heading 5:Fourth level subheadings -- only first word capitalized

Normal text has space before it and no extra line or paragraph breaks between paragraphs. There are no extra line feeds or returns at the end of paragraphs.

No extra line breaks between paragraphs.

Body Text is the same as Normal Text.

You may also use:

Block Quote: for any quotations that exceed two sentences, or for any use of poetry.

Block Quote Author

list with bullets

has multiple points
subsequent lines are indented

list with numbers

has multiple points
subsequent lines are indented

Code: quotations from computer code are indented and set off in a “typewriter” face.

Captions appear in the text where each illustration or table should be. Number tables and illustrations consecutively. Include them as separate files. DO NOT embed them in your text.

End your text with Acknowledgements and References, formatted according to the style guidelines.

References

All citations in your text are made using the Author / Date method. (Trant, 2006)

References Text is used to list all References Cited; it is smaller and the second line is indented. See the Citation Guidelines online at http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/paper_guidelines.html#references for assistance formatting your reference texts.

Acknowledgements

acknowledgements text is the same size as references but does not indent on the second line.

6. TABLE FORMATTING

The following styles can be used to lay out tables in separate files.

Table Header
Table Text

7. GENERAL STYLE

URLs always begin with http://

Use "Web" not world wide web or World Wide Web or WWW or www

Use "Web" not "web"

Use "Web site" not "Web Site” or “Website” or “website”

watch for Web cite and Web sight

Use on-line not online

Do not use punctuation after headings, like 'References:' remove it:

References

Web addresses: Cut and paste web addresses rather than retyping them.

Quotation marks: Remove foreign language quotes << >>; replace with “x”

8. SELECTION FOR PUBLICATION

Please note that the EDITOR OF THE MW2007 PROCEEDINGS WILL MAKE THE FINAL SELECTION OF PAPERS TO BE PUBLISHED.

PAPERS THAT DO NOT FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.

Thank you for your help ensuring that we will have published proceedings available at Museums and the Web.

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J. Trant

2006-07-19

j trant

Archives & Museum Informatics