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Springer LNCS format   -   Frequent writing and formatting problems


Springer LNCS format

If you are familiar with the LNCS format and publication process, you can skip this section.

For complete instructions and updated files, see LNCS Authors Instructions. The relevant files on that page are for LaTeX, llncs2e.zip and typeinst.zip; for Word 2007, splnproc1110.zip; for Word 2003, CS Proceedings_Author Tools_Word 2003.

Please read errata and instructions below.

Sample paper. For your convenience we provide a sample paper. This file is not provided by Springer. The file provided by Springer is typeinst.zip.

Frequent writing and formatting problems

Frequent writing problems

Frequent formatting problems

Please very carefully follow Springer's format instructions. Papers that do not comply with all format requirements cannot be published in the printed proceedings.

× Incorrect          √ Correct          Problems

aij=1

 

aij = 1

 

italics, sub-indices, spacing

f(x,y) = 1 + x*y + spur(A*B)

 

f(x,y) = 1 + xy + spur (A × B)

 

italics on ( ), digits, and comma; use of *
P = {a1, a2, ........, an}   P = {a1, a2, ..., an}   italics on {}, digits, dots, and commas; ellipsis with 3 dots

a - b = -1

 

ab = –1

 

en-dash for minus (In Word, Ctrl-minus on the right-hand keypad)

aji = 1

 

use Equation Editor

 

one thing above another: super- and sub-indices

Σi xi = 0

 

use Equation Editor

 

math operators

1/2 (x + y)/(x - y)

 

use Equation Editor

 

one thing above another: fractions or anything more complex
× Incorrect:     •   Morphological analysis
•   Syntactic analysis
•   Semantic analysis
       
× Incorrect:     ◊   Morphological analysis
◊   Syntactic analysis
◊   Semantic analysis
       
√ Correct:      Morphological analysis
   Syntactic analysis
   Semantic analysis

× Incorrect:

 

A Method for Calculating Semantic Word
Distance

 

 

 

√ Correct:

 

A Method for Calculating
Semantic Word Distance

× Incorrect:   

     
                          
                         
                         
                         
                         
                                                   
                         
 
                                                
                         
                         
                         
                         
                             
                         
   
                          
                         
                         
                         
                         
                                                   
                         
   

In the printed book,
this looks all black
 

 

In the printed book,
this looks all white
 

 

In the printed book,
this looks all black
 

√ Correct:   

 
                                                
                         
                         
                         
                         
                             
                         
   
                                                
              ///          
    ||||       |||| \\\   :::      
  ::: |||| ///   ::: |||| ///   ::: ||||    
  ::: |||| \\\   ::: |||| \\\   ::: ||||    
    ::: |||| ///   ::: |||| ///   ::: |||| ///    
                         
 
                          
                         
                         
                       
                         
                                                   
                         
   

Use black-and-white
line drawings

 

Use hatched patterns
instead of colors

 

Use solid, dashed,
and dotted lines

× Incorrect:   

             
   Collection   R   P   F 
  Reuters  0.6   0.8   0.7 
  CACM   0.7   0.7   0.7 
  BNC  0.8   0.6   0.7 
  Penn  0.9   0.5   0.8 
 

(looks dirty)

   

√ Correct:   

             
   Collection   R   P   F 
  Reuters  0.6   0.8   0.7 
  CACM   0.7   0.7   0.7 
  BNC  0.8   0.6   0.7 
  Penn  0.9   0.5   0.8 
 

(looks cleaner)

× Incorrect:    

Table 1: Results

                       
Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35
                       
     
× Incorrect:    

Table 1: Results

Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35
     
× Incorrect:    

Table 1:  Results with a long description and other long
comments that would probably be better to move to the main
text

                       
Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35
                       
     
√ Correct:    

Table 1: Results

Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35
     
√ Correct:    

Table 1: Results with some longer description

Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35
     
√ Correct:    

Table 1:  Results with a long description and many other long
comments that would probably be better to move to the main
text

Method P R F
First 0.80 0.70 0.75
Second 0.30 0.40 0.35

Formatting problems with LNCS Word template

For Microsoft Word users: Springer LNCS Microsoft Word 2003 template file sv-lncs.dot (we did not check their Word 2007+ version) currently provided by Springer has the following bugs that you should correct in the text of your paper if they affect you:


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