INFOCOM 2001 Latex Instructions, Style and Sample Files

Style and Sample Files

Note that these files are to be used for the version submitted for review and for the final version. The only difference is that the version submitted for review uses 11 pt. fonts, the final camera-ready version 10 pt. fonts.

The files contained here are:

• infocom.cls LaTeX2e Infocom style file (be sure to use \documentclass[11pt]{infocom} to obtain 11 pt. output for the initial submission; use \documentclass[twocolumn]{infocom} to achieve 10 pt. output for the camera-ready version)
• infocom_sample.tex sample LaTeX2e document (11pt)
• IEEE.bst bibliography style file

If at all possible, use the LaTeX2e formats. LaTeX 2.09 has been obsolete for many years now and we cannot help you with any problems you might encounter.

Documents converted from the TeX typesetting language into PostScript or PDF files usually contain fixed-resolution bitmap fonts that do not print or display well on a variety of printer and computer screens. Although Adobe Acrobat Distiller will convert a PostScript language file with bitmapped fonts (level 3) into PDF, these fonts display slowly and do not render well on screen in the resulting PDF file. But, if you use Type 1 versions of the fonts you will get a compact file format that delivers the optimal font quality when used with any display screen, zoom mode, or printer resolution.

Using Type 1 fonts with DVIPS

The default behavior of Rokicki's DVIPS is to embed Type 3 bitmapped fonts. You need access to the Type 1 versions of the fonts you use in your documents in order to embed the font information (see Fonts). Type 1 versions of the Computer Modern fonts are available in the BaKoMa collection and from commercial type vendors.

Before distributing files with embedded fonts, consult the license agreement for your font package. Some typeface vendors do not allow you to embed complete fonts into a PDF or Post-Script language file for public distribution. Contact the type vendor for more information.

You must embed all fonts included in your manuscript. Do not use fonts that cannot be embedded. If you do not embed the fonts, when viewed on a system the does not have your font, it will be substituted with a different font. This can cause many Greek characters and special symbols to change to completely different characters. This will require you paper be scanned rather than using the electronic file which can negatively impact the quality of the manuscript and its searchability.

Use of Times fonts is highly recommended for consistency and readability both on screen and in print.

With LaTeX2e use the command

	\usepackage{times}

 	\documentstyle[times]{...}

You will need the following packages: times.sty, rawfonts.sty.

For more information, refer to this URL:

www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/543e.htm

Converting LaTeX Files

The best approach is to use your existing LaTeX installation, including dvips and then the distill or ps2pdf program or the web site with that program (see below), if available.

If you do not have a workable version of LaTeX installed on PC, you can use the program MiKTeX. You can easily install MiKTeX (basic features) on your PC, as it is DOS-based and thus works with all versions of Windows.

• Go to www.miktex.de/getting.html and click the closest server to you.
• Open the zip file and run setupwiz.exe. When prompted for "Local TEXMF Tree", respond Yes, this is where I'll put the IEEE style file. The wizard will perform the installation automatically. The only thing left to you is to add the c:\texmf\miktex\bin to your path:
• In Windows NT add set PATH=%PATH%;c:\texmf\miktex\bin to your autoexec.bat file.
• In Windows 98 do

    start\run\sysedit
  

  and then add c:\texmf\miktex\bin to the path in autoexec.bat

To generate a PDF file from your LaTeX source:

1. Copy the IEEE style file to the local texmf tree (if it is c:\localtexmf, you might want to put it in c:\localtexmf\tex\latex\IEEE\*.cls)
2. Copy all your files (*.tex, *.eps, *.bib to a pc directory, d:\paper for example). If you do not have a local directory, then make sure to put the class file in this directory, too.
3. Open a DOS prompt and cd to d:\paper.

To generate PostScript use:

  latex mypaper
  bibtex mypaper
  dvips mypaper

To generate PDF use one of the following options:

• Aladdin GSview (version 2.6 or higher) from www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/get550.html.

  On Windows:

  • Open the PostScript file with Gsview.
  • Select File | Print, then select the PDFwrite device and Print to File.

  For other operating systems, use the ps2pdf utility.

• Alternatively, you can use the PDF conversion web site at www.ps2PDF.com/cgi-bin/ps2pdf and follow the simple instructions
• You can also generate PDF directly from LaTeX using PDFlatex

    PDFlatex mypaper
  

  Note that this requires you to change the LaTeX source if you include *.eps figures.