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(New page: ==Preliminary LaTex Conversion Guidelines== * Convert all images for the article to PDF files using this command:"convert foo.tif foo.pdf" * Save articles provided as DOC or ODT files as...) |
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* Convert all images for the article to PDF files using this command:"convert foo.tif foo.pdf" | * Convert all images for the article to PDF files using this command:"convert foo.tif foo.pdf" | ||
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| + | * Specify widths for images as fractions of \textwidth so they fit in columns, eg \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{foo.pdf} | ||
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| + | * Floats (tables and figures) that need to span two columns should be in \begin{table*} or \begin{figure*} environments. Single column floats don't need the star. I've seen tables disappear until I made them the starred version. The multicol package docs mentions this. | ||
* Save articles provided as DOC or ODT files as ASCII text files and rename with a TEX file extension. | * Save articles provided as DOC or ODT files as ASCII text files and rename with a TEX file extension. | ||
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| + | * Saving text from PDF can result in non-ASCII single-character codes for ligatures - ff, fi etc - replace them! | ||
* Replace all smart quotes with back-tick and apostrophe | * Replace all smart quotes with back-tick and apostrophe | ||
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* Wrap lists in itemize or enumerate blocks. | * Wrap lists in itemize or enumerate blocks. | ||
| − | * Set abstract in \begin{abstract} block. | + | * Set abstract in \begin{abstract} block. But this breaks within the OSGeo journal master TeX file structure. |
* Move “Acknowledgements” section to just before the “References” section. | * Move “Acknowledgements” section to just before the “References” section. | ||
Revision as of 06:08, 24 February 2010
Preliminary LaTex Conversion Guidelines
- Convert all images for the article to PDF files using this command:"convert foo.tif foo.pdf"
- Specify widths for images as fractions of \textwidth so they fit in columns, eg \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{foo.pdf}
- Floats (tables and figures) that need to span two columns should be in \begin{table*} or \begin{figure*} environments. Single column floats don't need the star. I've seen tables disappear until I made them the starred version. The multicol package docs mentions this.
- Save articles provided as DOC or ODT files as ASCII text files and rename with a TEX file extension.
- Saving text from PDF can result in non-ASCII single-character codes for ligatures - ff, fi etc - replace them!
- Replace all smart quotes with back-tick and apostrophe
- Replace & with \&
- Replace - with -- where needed. Note that DOC and ODT documents often contain – characters which aren’t ASCII - characters. These may be invisible in LaTeX.
- Add \section and \subsection headings
- Reformat table text. Add captions and labels. Also reference the table labels
in the text.
- Add \begin{figure} blocks for figures. Add captions and labels for the figures. Also reference the labels in the text.
- Wrap lists in itemize or enumerate blocks.
- Set abstract in \begin{abstract} block. But this breaks within the OSGeo journal master TeX file structure.
- Move “Acknowledgements” section to just before the “References” section.