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Authors’ Instructions

Preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions to SCITEPRESS Proceedings

First Author Name

1

, Second Author Name

1

and Third Author Name

2

1

Institute of Problem Solving, XYZ University, My Street, MyTown, MyCountry

2

Department of Computing, Main University, MySecondTown, MyCountry

{f_author, s_author}@, t_author@

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.

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.

Abstract:

1

INTRODUCTION

Your

paper

will

be

part

of

the

conference

proceedings therefore we ask that authors follow the

guidelines explained in this example and in the

file

?

?

also

on

the

zip

file, in order to achieve the highest quality possible

(Smith, 1998).

Be advised that papers in a technically unsuitable

form will be returned for retyping. After returned the

manuscript must be appropriately modified.

2.1

Page Setup

The

paper

size

must

be

set

to

A4

(210x297

mm).

The document margins must be the following:

?

Top: 3,3 cm;

?

Bottom: 4,2 cm;

?

Left: 2,6 cm;

?

Right: 2,6 cm.

It is advisable to keep all the given values.

Regarding the page layout, authors should set the

Section

Start

to

Continuous

with

the

vertical

alignment

to

the

top

and

the

following

header

and

footer:

?

Header: 1,4 cm;

?

Footer: 2,5 cm.

Any text or material outside the aforementioned

margins will not be printed.

2

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

We strongly encourage authors to use this document

for

the

preparation

of

the

camera- ready.

Please

follow the instructions closely in order to

make

the

volume

look

as

uniform

as

possible

(Moore

and

Lopes, 1999).

Please

remember

that

all

the

papers

must

be

in

English and without orthographic errors.

Do

not

add

any

text

to

the

headers

(do

not

set

running heads) and footers, not even page numbers,

because text will be added electronically.

For a best viewing experience the used font must

be Times New Roman, on a Macintosh use the font

named

times,

except

on

special

occasions,

such

as

program code (Section 2.3.7).

2.2

First Section

This section must be in one column.

2.2.1

Title

Use 15-point type for the title, aligned to the center,

linespace

exactly

at

17-point

with

a

bold

font

style

and initial letters capitalized. No formulas or special

characters

of

any

form

or

language

are

allowed

in

the title.

Words

like

“is”,

“or”,

“then”,

etc.

should

not

be

capitalized unless they are the first word of the title.

2.2.2

Subtitle

Use

13-point

type

for

the

subtitle,

aligned

to

the

center,

linespace

exactly

at

15-point

with

bold

and

italic font style.

Words

like

“is”,

“or”,

“then”,

etc.

should

not

be

capitalized

unless

they

are

the

first

word

of

the

subtitle. The initial letters should be capitalized. No

formulas

or

special

characters

of

any

form

or

language are allowed in the subtitle.

2.2.3

Authors

Author(s)

name(s)

should

be

aligned

to

the

center

with linespace exactly at 13-point. The text must be

set to 11-point.

There should be a spacing before of 24-point.

2.2.4

Affiliations

Affiliation(s)

should

appear

aligned

to

the

center

including organisation, address and e-mail.

The

linespace

must

be

of

exactly

11-point

with

9-point of font size and the font style set to italic.

2.2.5

Keywords

Each paper must have at least one keyword. If more

than

one

is

specified,

please

use

a

comma

as

a

separator. Keywords should appear justified,

with a

linespace exactly of 11-point, a hanging indent of 2-

centimeters,

spacing

before

of

48-point,

no

spacing

after and font size of 9-point.

The sentence must end with a period.

2.2.6

Abstract

Each

paper

must

have

an

abstract.

The

abstract

should

appear

justified,

with

a

linespace

exactly

of

11-point, a hanging indent of 2-centimeters, spacing

before

of

12-point

and

after

of

30-point,

and

font

size of 9-point.

The sentence must end with a period.

2.3

Second Section

This section must be in two columns.

Each column must be 7,5-centimeter wide with a

column spacing of 0,8-centimeter.

The section text must be set to 10-point, justified

and linespace single.

Section,

subsection

and

sub

subsection

first

paragraph should not have the first line indent, other

paragraphs

should

have

a

first

line

indent

of

0,5-

centimeter.

2.3.1

Section Titles

The heading of a section title must be 13-point bold

in

all- capitals,

aligned

to

the

left

with

a

linespace

exactly at 15-point, hanging indent of 0,7-centimeter

and

with

an

additional

spacing

of

24-point

before

(not applicable to the first title section of the paper)

and 12-point after.

No dot should be included after the section title

number.

2.3.2

Subsection Titles

The

heading

of

a

subsection

title

must

be

12-point

bold with initial letters capitalized, aligned to the left

with a linespace exactly at 13-point, hanging indent

of

1,0-centimeter

and

with

an

additional

spacing

of

11-point

before

(not

applicable

right

after

a

section

title) and 11-point after.

Words

like

“is”,

“or”,

“then”

,

etc

should

not

be

capitalized

unless

it

is

the

first

word

of

the

subsection title.

No

dot

should

be

included

after

the

subsection

title number.

2.3.3

Sub Subsection Titles

The

heading

of

a

sub

subsection

title

should

be

in

11-point bold with initial letters capitalized, aligned

to

the

left

with

a

linespace

exactly

at

12-point,

hanging

indent

of

1,0-centimeter

and

with

an

additional spacing of 10-point before (not applicable

right after a subsection title) and 10-point after.

Words

like

“is”,

“or”,

“then”

,

etc

should

not

be

capitalized

unless

it

is

the

first

word

of

the

sub

subsection title.

No

dot

should

be

included

after

the

sub

subsection title number.

2.3.4

Tables

Tables must appear inside the designated margins or

they may span the two columns.

Tables in two columns must be positioned at the

top or bottom of the page within the given margins.

It is advisable the use of text boxes in this case.

Tables

should

be

properly

numbered,

centered

and should always have a caption positioned above

it. Captions with one line should be centered and if it

has more than one line should be set to justified. The