MFCS 2003 28th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science August 25 - 29, 2003 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Europe

Frequent Problems with Final Versions of Papers (TeX)

There are frequent problems with final versions of papers for the Proceedings. If you are using the llncs class (or style), before sending the final version, please, read carefully new Instructions for Authors at

http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html

http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/instruct/typeinst.pdf

and check especially the following:

• Neither page numbers nor running heads should be included in the paper.
• The default page settings (such as textwidth and textheight) should not be changed in any way.
• The default base font size (10pt) should not be changed in any way.
• The default line spacing should not be changed in any way. Generally, no additional space should be inserted into text (such as space inserted using the \vspace{...} command).
• The figures and tables should be defined as floating objects and usage of placement specifier `h' for `here' should be avoided. Figure captions should be placed below the figure, while table captions above the table. The last sentence of the figure or table caption should generally end without a period.
• Consecutive numbers should be used for the list of references, that is no optional argument [...] to the \bibitem commands should be specified. Check also that you have correctly set the argument to the \begin{thebibliography}{...} command, i.e. \begin{thebibliography}{9} if you have at most 9 references, \begin{thebibliography}{99} if you have at most 99 refereneces (the parameter is used to define the maximal with of the reference number).
• Headings should be capitalized. This includes paper title and all of lower level headings (sections, subsections,...)
• Overfull \hbox-es should be avoided.
• Do not try to "hack" LLNCS Style/class in any way.
• Note that we need not only PS-file with your contribution and all of source files, but also a DVI-file and, if possible, also a PDF-file. All of them must be identical. DVI-files and PDF-files are binary, hence they should be sent either as an attachment or uuencoded in advance.

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