LATEX FILES Enclosed are 2 sets of files for Latex formatting of papers for USENIX. They've only been lightly tested, so if you find problems please try to correct them and send corrections to . Thanks to Jay Lepreau who put these together for the first OSDI conference. One set (*209*) is for the old version of Latex, which might be available as "latex209" on your system, or just as "latex". The other set (*2e*) is for the new version of Latex, which might be available as "latex2e" on your system, or just as "latex". The files usenix-*.sty are the style files defining the format, The files sample-*.sty are sample ways to use them. None of these files differ much, but the differences are crucial. If the new Latex is available, I recommend using it, as it uses the native Times font in a Postscript printer, and the output looks nicer than the old-style Computer Modern fonts. It also puts more on a page. Some of the old latex versions have the required "new font selection service" (NFSS) to get native fonts. If yours does, you may be able to get it by uncommenting the line % \usepackage{times} in usenix-209.sty. However, I have not been able to test this. -------------- MISC FORMAT STUFF *Note that to get the authors names in Roman, as Usenix wants, you have to use \rm around them. "\and" did not work for me. *Bibliographies should be in alphabetical order by author. Exactly what citation format you use is up to you.