Authors’ Instructions: Preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions

to SCITEPRESS Proceedings

First Author Name1 a, Second Author Name1 b

and Third Author Name2 c

1
Institute of Problem Solving, XYZ University, My Street, MyTown, MyCountry
2
Department of Computing, Main University, MySecondTown, MyCountry
{f_author, s_author}@ips.xyz.edu, [email protected]

Keywords: The paper must have at least one keyword. This paragraph should be justified with a linespace of exactly
11-point, special indentation of 2-centimeters and with a spacing before of exactly 48-points. The text
should be set in 9-point font size and without the use of bold or italic font style. For more than one keyword,
please use a comma as a separator. Keywords must be titlecased.

Abstract: The abstract should summarize the contents of the paper and should contain at least 70 and at most 200
words. It should be set in 9-point font size, justified and should have a hanging indent of 2-centimenter.
There should be a space before of 12-point and after of 30-point.

1 INTRODUCTION Please remember that all the papers

must be in English and without
Your paper will be part of the orthographic errors.
conference proceedings therefore we Do not add any text to the headers
ask that authors follow the guidelines (do not set running heads) and footers,
explained in this example and in the not even page numbers, because text
file «FormatContentsForAuthors.pdf» will be added electronically.
also on the zip file, in order to achieve For a best viewing experience the
the highest quality possible (Smith, used font must be Times New Roman,
1998). on a Macintosh use the font named
Be advised that papers in a times, except on special occasions,
technically unsuitable form will be such as program code (Section 2.3.8).
returned for retyping. After returned
the manuscript must be appropriately 2.1 Page Setup
modified.
The paper size must be set to A4
(210x297 mm). The document margins
must be the following:
2 MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION  Top: 3,3 cm;
 Bottom: 4,2 cm;
We strongly encourage authors to use  Left: 2,6 cm;
this document for the preparation of  Right: 2,6 cm.
the camera-ready. Please follow the
instructions closely in order to make It is advisable to keep all the given values.
the volume look as uniform as possible Regarding the page layout, authors should set the
(Moore and Lopes, 1999). Section Start to Continuous with the vertical

a
https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000
b
https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000
c
https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000
alignment to the top and the following header and The linespace must be of exactly
footer: 11-point with 9-point of font size and
 Header: 1,4 cm; the font style set to italic.
 Footer: 2,5 cm.
2.2.5 Keywords
Any text or material outside the aforementioned
margins will not be printed. Each paper must have at least one
keyword. If more than one is specified,
2.2 First Section please use a comma as a separator.
Keywords should appear justified, with
This section must be in one column. a linespace exactly of 11-point, a
hanging indent of 2-centimeters,
2.2.1 Title spacing before of 48-point, no spacing
after and font size of 9-point. The
Use 15-point type for the title, aligned sentence must end with a period.
to the center, linespace exactly at 17-
point with a bold font style and initial 2.2.6 Abstract
letters capitalized. No formulas or
special characters of any form or Each paper must have an abstract. The
language are allowed in the title. abstract should appear justified, with a
Words like “is”, “or”, “then”, etc. linespace exactly of 11-point, a
should not be capitalized unless they hanging indent of 2-centimeters,
are the first word of the title. spacing before of 12-point and after of
30-point, and font size of 9-point. The
2.2.2 Subtitle sentence must end with a period.

Added on the same line as the title 2.3 Second Section

preceded by a colon (:). Use 15-point
type for the subtitle, aligned to the This section must be in two columns.
center, linespace exactly at 17-point Each column must be 7,5-
with a bold font style and initial letters centimeter wide with a column spacing
capitalized. No formulas or special of 0,8-centimeter.
characters of any form or language are The section text must be set to 10-
allowed in the subtitle. point, justified and linespace single.
Words like “is”, “or”, “then”, etc. Section, subsection and sub
should not be capitalized unless they subsection first paragraph should not
are the first word of the subtitle. have the first line indent, other
paragraphs should have a first line
2.2.3 Authors indent of 0,5-centimeter.

Author(s) name(s) should be aligned to 2.3.1 Section Titles

the center with linespace exactly at 13-
point. The text must be set to 11-point The heading of a section title must be
and there should be a spacing before of 13-point bold in all-capitals, aligned to
24-point. the left with a linespace exactly at 15-
Please note that the name of each point, hanging indent of 0,7-centimeter
author must start with its first name. and with an additional spacing of 24-
point before (not applicable to the first
2.2.4 Affiliations title section of the paper) and 12-point
after.
Affiliation(s) should appear aligned to No dot should be included after the
the center including organisation, section title number.
address and e-mail.
2.3.2 Subsection Titles
 The heading of a subsection title must Table 1: This caption has one line so it is
be 12-point bold with initial letters centered.
capitalized, aligned to the left with a Example Example
linespace exactly at 13-point, hanging column 1 column 2
indent of 1,0-centimeter and with an Example Example
additional spacing of 11-point before text 1 text 2
(not applicable right after a section
title) and 11-point after. Table 2: This caption has more than one
Words like “is”, “or”, “then”, etc line so it has to be set to justify.
should not be capitalized unless it is Example Example
the first word of the subsection title. column 1 column 2
No dot should be included after the Example Example
subsection title number. text 1 text 2

2.3.3 Sub Subsection Titles Please note that the word “Table”
is spelled out.
The heading of a sub subsection title
should be in 11-point bold with initial 2.3.5 Figures
letters capitalized, aligned to the left
with a linespace exactly at 12-point, Please produce your figures
hanging indent of 1,0-centimeter and electronically, and integrate them into
with an additional spacing of 10-point your document.
before (not applicable right after a Check that in line drawings, lines
subsection title) and 10-point after. are not interrupted and have a constant
Words like “is”, “or”, “then”, etc width. Grids and details within the
should not be capitalized unless it is figures must be clearly readable and
the first word of the sub subsection may not be written one on top of the
title. other.
No dot should be included after the Figure resolution should be at least
sub subsection title number. 300 dpi.
Figures must appear inside the
2.3.4 Tables designated margins or they may span
the two columns.
Tables must appear inside the Figures in two columns must be
designated margins or they may span positioned at the top or bottom of the
the two columns. page within the given margins. It is
Tables in two columns must be advisable the use of text boxes in this
positioned at the top or bottom of the case.
page within the given margins. It is Please do not use indentation and
advisable the use of text boxes in this set the figure layout to in line with
case. text.
Tables should be properly Figures should be properly
numbered, centered and should always numbered, centered and should always
have a caption positioned above it. have a caption positioned under it.
Captions with one line should be Captions with one line should be
centered and if it has more than one centered and if it has more than one
line should be set to justified. The font line should be set to justified. The font
size to use is 9-point. No bold or italic size to use is 9-point. No bold or italic
font style should be used. Spacing font style should be used. Spacing
before and after should be of 12-point before and after should be of 6-point
and 6-point, respectively. and 12-point, respectively.
The final sentence of a caption The final sentence of a caption
must end with a period. must end with a period.
 The text must be aligned to the left
with the linespace set to single and in
9-point type.
Figure 1: This caption has one line so it is 2.3.9 Reference Text and Citations
centered.
References and citations should follow
the APA (Autor, date) System
Convention (see the References
section). As example you may
Figure 2: This caption has more than one consider the citation (Smith, 1998).
line so it has to be set to justify. Besides that, all references should be
cited in the text. No numbers with or
Please note that the word “Figure” without brackets should be used to cite
is spelled out. or to list the references.
References should be set to 9-point,
2.3.6 Equations justified, with a single linespace and
Equations should be placed on a hanging indent of 0,5-centimenter.
separate line, numbered and centered. Citations should follow the section
An extra line space should be added text format (see file
above and below the equation. FormatContentsForAuthors.pdf).
The numbers accorded to equations For more instructions about the
must appear in consecutive order references and citations usage please
inside each section or within the see the appropriate link at the
contribution, with number enclosed in conference website.
brackets and set on the right margin,
starting with the number 1.
The use of a table with two 3 COPYRIGHT FORM
columns is advisable.
Example: For the mutual benefit and protection
of Authors and Publishers, it is
a=b+c necessary that Authors provide formal
written Consent to Publish and
2.3.7 Algorithms and Listings Transfer of Copyright before
publication of the Book. The signed
Algorithms and Listings captions Consent ensures that the publisher has
should be properly numbered, font size the Author’s authorization to publish
9-point and no bold or italic font style the Contribution.
should be used. Captions with one line The copyright form is located on
should be centered and if it has more the authors’ reserved area.
than one line should be set to justified. The form should be completed and
signed by one author on behalf of all
2.3.8 Program Code the other authors.
Program listing or program commands
in text should be set in typewriter form
such as Courier New. 4 CONCLUSIONS
Example of a Computer Program in
Pascal: We hope you find the information in
this template useful in the preparation
begin of your submission.
Writeln('Hello
World!!');
End.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 If any, should be placed before the
references section without numbering.

REFERENCES
Moore, R., Lopes, J., 1999. Paper templates. In
TEMPLATE’06, 1st International Conference on
Template Production. SCITEPRESS.
Smith, J., 1998. The book, The publishing company.
London, 2nd edition.

APPENDIX
If any, the appendix should appear
directly after the references without
numbering, and not on a new page.