The Fourth Taiwanese-French Conference on Information Technology

Taipei, Taiwan.
March 3-5, 2008.

Camera Ready Paper Submission Guidelines

Papers must be submitted with no more than 12 pages in length and should adhere to the formatting instructions given below.

Document Formatting

The paper should be limited to TWELVE A4 size pages (10 pt. two-column format).

   1. Margins

  • All text and figure should be contained in a print area of 6-1/2" (16.51 cm) by  8-7/8" (22.51 cm)
  • All text must be in two-column format.
  • Columns are to be 3-1/16" (7.85 cm), with a 3/8" (0.81 cm) space between them. Text must be fully justified.

    2. Abstract

  • Fully justified italicized text, at the top of the left-hand column.
  • Use the word "Abstract" as the title in a font which should be Times 12-point, boldface type, centered relative to the column and initially capitalized.
  • The content of abstract should be in 10-point, single-spaced type and up to 150 words in length.
  • Leave  two 12-point (by default in word) blank lines and then begin the main text.

    3. Main Title

  • The main title( on the first page ) should begin 1-3/8" (3.49 cm) from the top edge of the page. It should be centered.
  • Font should be Times 14-point, boldface type.
  • Capitalize the first letter of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; do not capitalize articles, coordinate conjunctions, or prepositions (unless the title begins with such a word).
  • Leave two 12-point(by default in word) blank lines after the title.

    4. Author name(s) and affiliations(s)

  • Author names should be centered, beneath the title. Many authors should be shown in two or three-format column.
  • Do not add Dr, Prof. to author names.
  • Font should be Times 12-point, non-boldface type.
  • Affiliations should be italicized and centered below their respective names. Include e-mail addresses if possible
  • Leave two 12-point(by default in word) blank lines.

    5. Second and following pages

  • The second and following pages should begin 1.0" (2.54 cm) from the top-edge.
  • On all pages the bottom margin should be 1-5/8" (4.13 cm) [specific for A4 paper].

    6. Type-style and fonts

  • Wherever times is mentioned use Times Roman or Times New Roman. If neither is available use the one closest to times.
  • Type your main text in 10-point Times, single-spaced. Do not use double-spacing.
  • All paragraphs should be indented 1/4" (approximately 0.5 cm).

    7. Figures and tables

  • The captions should be 10-point boldface Helvetica (or a similar sans-serif font).
  • Callouts should be 9-point non-boldface Helvetica.
  • Capitalize only the first word of each figure caption and table title.
  • Figures and Tables must be numbered separately. e.g. "Figure 1. Database contexts", "Table 1. Input data".
  • Figure captions are to be centered below the figures.
  • Table titles are to be centered above the tables.

    8. First-order headings

  • For example, "1. Introduction", should be Times 12-point boldface, initially capitalized, flush left, with one blank line before, and one blank line after. Use a period (".") after the heading number, not a colon.

    9. Second-order and Third-order headings

  • As in this heading, they should be Times 11-point boldface, initially capitalized, flush left, with one blank line before, and one after. Though Third-order headings are discouraged if the use is must, they should be follow the sane format as Second order except that the fonts should be in Times 10-point.

    10. Footnotes

  • Use footnotes sparingly (or not at all) and place them at the bottom of the column on the page on which they are referenced.
  • Use Times 8-point type, single-spaced. Try to avoid the usage of footnotes altogether and include the information along with the text in parantheses.

    11. References

  • List and number all bibliographical references in 9-point Times, single-spaced, at the end of your paper.
  • When referenced in the text, enclose the citation number in square brackets, for example [1].
  • Refer/Cite all the papers given at the end.
  • Write references in the order in which they appear in the paper.
  • Each reference should be complete: author names, title of article, where it appeared, year, pages etc.

    * Refer to the "Word Template" given in "Templates" section for example word file with above mentioned requirements for further clarifications.

    * The given "LaTeX template" uses the style file "latex8.sty" which contains above mentioned requirements. Refer to "LaTeX Template" for further clarifications

Templates

The following style files and templates are available

You can download all of the above as a zip file

We recommend that you use the Word file or LaTeX files to produce your document, since they have been set up to meet the formatting guidelines listed above. The LaTeX environment files specify suitable margins, page layout, text, and a bibliography style. Although this environment has been extensively tested, there may be rare instances when it is not fully robust.

The document should be converted from LaTeX/Doc to standard PDF that is readable using Acrobat Reader 6.0 or later. To prevent problems with fonts, please create portable PDF files. Choose an option like Download all fonts, when creating the PDF file(s). Authors using LaTeX, should use 'outline' fonts and not 'bitmap' fonts, for the same reason.