Guidelines for Preparing a Paper for European Conference on Artificial Intelligence

The purpose of this paper is to show a contributor the required style for a paper for ECAI 98. The specifications for layout are described so that non-LATEX users can create their own style sheet to achieve the same layout. The source for the sample file is available for LATEX users. The PostScript file is available for all. 1 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS The following details should allow contributors to set up the general page description for their paper: 1. The paper is set in two columns each 20.5 picas (86 mm) wide with a column separator of 1.5 picas (6 mm). 2. The typeface is Times Modern Roman. 3. The body text size is 9 point (3.15 mm) on a body of 11 point (3.85 mm) (i.e. 61 lines of text). 4. The running feet are set 1.5 picas (6 mm) below the last line of text. 2 TITLE, AUTHOR, AFFILIATION, COPYRIGHT AND RUNNING FEET 2.1 Title The title is set in 20 point (7 mm) bold with leading of 22 point (7.7 mm), centred over the full text measure, with 1.5 picas (6 mm) of space before and after. 2.2 Author The author’s name is set in 11 point (3.85 mm) bold with leading of 12 point (4.2 mm), centred over full text measure, with 1.5 picas (6 mm) of space below. A footnote indicator is set in 11 point (3.85 mm) medium and positioned as a superscript character.