Electronic Publication - Hints and Explanations

The preparation of documents for electronic publication is a relatively new experience for most authors.
The EPAC editorial team has benefitted from experience at all of the conferences which are part of JACoW and has put together the following hints and explanations concerning document preparation.

• About the electronic processing
  • From postscript to Adobe PDF format
  • Performance
  • Why is paper size an issue ?
  • Preferred software for document preparation
  • Things to Avoid
• Using LaTeX
  • Font selection
  • Tables and Figures
  • Lists
  • Making the postscript
  • LaTeX Installation
• Using MS-WORD
  • General
  • Asian and Cyrillic Versions of WORD
  • Illustration and Graphics
  • Making the postscript
• Preparing illustrations and graphics
  • Use of colour
  • Fill Patterns
  • Use of EXCEL
• Using a Scanner
  • Scanner settings
  • Photographs
• Preparing the diskette
  • Type of diskette
  • Contents
  • Compression of files
• Production of the Proceedings
• Trouble Shooting