
8/2/2001
conf_notes.txt, part of the IEEEtran.cls collection
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/IEEEtran/
by
Michael Shell
mshell@ece.gatech.edu


This little help file details how to use the LaTeX class file
IEEEtran.cls (V1.5 and later) with IEEE conferences that require the 
submission of camera ready work. In particular, the author guidelines 
for the 2001 IEEE Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing were 
used as a basis for the numerical values chosen here. However, these 
suggestions may be applicable to many other IEEE conferences.


Some major differences between a camera ready conference paper and a 
Transaction paper are that:

1. The conference paper title is in a smaller font (14pt vs 25pt) and is
   in bold.
   
2. There are no headers or page numbers on the conference paper - these
   are added later by IEEE.
  
3. In the conference paper, the author's affiliation (in normal 10pt font) 
   must be included near the name - not at the bottom via \thanks
   
4. The left and right margins are symmetrical in the conference paper.

5. The top and bottom margins are usually larger for conference papers
   than they are for Transactions papers.

6. With camera ready work, you should take the extra step to ensure that
   the two columns on the last page are of equal length. 
   
7. The short figure captions (under one line long) are usually centered
   in conference work. In Transactions, they are left justified.  
   
   
With these differences in mind, here are some .tex excerpts for using
IEEEtran.cls with a conference paper:


***** BEGIN LaTeX sample code *****

% use 10pt, twocolumn, single sided
\documentclass[10pt, twocolumn]{IEEEtran}
.
.
\begin{document}
% note: I am assuming US letter (8.5inX11in) paper.
% A4 users can modify things as needed.

% now set the left margin to be about 0.65in
% we don't use the typically given 0.7in
% because we want to preserve the 21pica
% text columns (with 1pica columnsep) 
% AND maintain symmetric left and right margins 
% on letter paper
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{-0.35in}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-0.35in}

% choose a text height which gives 1 inch
% top and bottom margins. Text height is
% normally 58pica (9.6306in) in Transactions.
% we'll use 9in here
\setlength{\textheight}{9in}

% LaTeX assumes a 1 inch margin offset
% so if we zero every header at the top, 
% we'll be left with a 1 inch top margin
\setlength{\topmargin}{0in}
\setlength{\headheight}{0in}
\setlength{\headsep}{0in}

% Turn on center justification of the short figure captions.
% This command requires IEEEtran.cls V1.4 or later!
\centerfigcaptionstrue


% Now, force the title to be 14pt and bold:
\title{\Large\bfseries Demonstration of Nuclear Fusion in an Ordinary Clay
Flower Pot}

% IEEEtran normally already uses \large (12pt) for author's names.
% However, we must add \normalsize for the affiliation and use line
% separators as desired.
% Note: V1.5 and later support the use of the \and operator to list multiple
% authors of different affiliations. Within the IEEEtran.cls file, this is
% done by enclosing the \author{} text within a tabular environment - just
% like article.cls does. A consequence of this is that you now must repeat
% font size commands for each line and you cannot enclose multiple lines
% within an environment. 
% i.e., you CANNOT do: \author{\large name \\ {\normalsize line2 \\ line3} } 
% (at least this is true on my TeTex system - even under article.cls)
% 
\author{\large Albert Einstein and Alexander Bell\\
\normalsize Atlantis College\\
\normalsize 777 Luckey Street\\
\normalsize Anycity, Ourstate 90210--1234, USA\\
\normalsize Telephone: (800) 555-1212\\
\normalsize Fax: (800) 555-1212\\
\normalsize Email: albert@afterlife.edu,~~bell@att.com}

% for instance, if they had been from different organizations:
% 
% \author{\large Albert Einstein\\
% \normalsize Atlantis College\\
% \normalsize 777 Luckey Street\\
% \normalsize Anycity, Ourstate 90210--1234, USA\\
% \normalsize Telephone: (800) 555-1212\\
% \normalsize Fax: (800) 555-1212\\
% \normalsize Email: albert@afterlife.edu
% \and
% \large Alexander Bell\\
% \normalsize Bell Labs\\
% \normalsize 911 Phone Street\\
% \normalsize Edison, NJ 77777--1234, USA\\
% \normalsize Telephone: (888) 555-1212\\
% \normalsize Fax: (888) 555-1212\\
% \normalsize Email: bell@att.com}
%
% Beyond 2 or 3 authors, you'll have to use a more compact format:
% 
% \author{\large Albert Einstein{\normalsize\textsuperscript{*}},
% Alexander Bell{\normalsize\textsuperscript{\dag}} and
% Eldon Tyrell{\normalsize\textsuperscript{\ddag}}\vspace{1ex}\\
% \normalsize \textsuperscript{*}Atlantis College, Anycity, Ourstate 90210--1234, USA\\
% \normalsize Telephone: (800) 555-1212, Fax: (800) 555-1212, Email: albert@afterlife.edu\vspace{1ex}\\
% \normalsize \textsuperscript{\dag}Bell Labs, 911 Phone Street, Edison, NJ 77777--1234, USA\\
% \normalsize Telephone: (888) 555-1212,  Fax: (888) 555-1212, Email: bell@att.com\vspace{1ex}\\
% \normalsize \textsuperscript{\ddag}Tyrell Inc., 123 Replicant Street, Los Angeles, CA 90210--4321, USA
} % author


\maketitle % as usual
% we have to get rid of the headings on the title page
\thispagestyle{empty}
% and on all pages that follow
\pagestyle{empty}

% do your abstract
\begin{abstract}
This work demonstrates a sustainable nuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen 
using a clay flower port as a reactor vessel. Our novel approach uses
a ``charge mirror" that reduces the electromagnetic repulsion between 
nuclei enough to allow fusion initiation at room temperature.
The device can also be used as a secure error-free transgalactic communications
pipe with zero latency and near infinite bandwidth.   
\end{abstract}


% conference papers don't seem to have keywords


\section{Introduction}

% Here goes your work. It should be OK to use \PARstart
% and looks nice too. However, some conferences don't use
% the large first letter.
\PARstart{F}{ire} has long been ...
.
.
.
.
% Now somewhere just after the beginning of the first column on the last
% page, do a:
\enlargethispage{-X.Xin}                                    
% where X.X is chosen to shorten the first column so that both columns have the
% same amount of text.
% This is a really crude hack, but it does the job.
% If your last page has nothing but references (which began on the
% previous page), you may have to position this command between references.
% This means you will have to manually copy in your .bbl file if you are
% relying on bibtext (via \bibliography).
% Needless to say, X.X is highly dependent on document content. So, 
% \enlargethispage{-X.Xin} only after you are sure your document is in its 
% final form.
%   
% You can also try the flushend.sty package, 
% (available on CTAN or http://www.vtex.lt/tex/download/macros/ ).
% However, the version I have (1997/10/01), created a little spacing
% anomaly between two references in the second column of my paper. So,
% I went back to the manual way above of doing things.
        
\end{document}       

***** END LaTeX sample code *****



        
Don't forget to use only type 1 fonts in your PostScript or PDF document.

Watch out for MikTeX 2.0's implied -G1 option when doing dvips -Ppdf
The result is that ligatures (such as "fi") will be converted to
other symbols (British Pound) in your PDF file!
See usage note #13 in IEEEtran_vXX.cls for details.


All done. Easy as pie, right?      

Enjoy!
MDS 8/2/2001    
    
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