$Id: common-problems.txt 154 2008-06-02 08:34:04Z akim $

The latest version of this file can be found at

    http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/rivf/common-problems.txt

This document lists issues that found in camera ready submissions.
Please, refer to the problem number, fix your document, and send it
again as an answer to the message you have received.  Do not write a
fresh email: answer to the mail you have received from the system.

Pay special attention to stick to the IEEE style as defined on
www.rivf.org:

	http://www.rivf.org/downloads.php

See also the IEEE guide:

    http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/rivf08

The following document illustrates what your PDF should look like.

   http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/pubs/confpubcenter/pdfs/samplems.pdf

* 1 Affiliation must be under the authors name.
- Do not include them as footnotes.
- Do not underline the emails
- Use the western way to write the names.  If our last name is
  composite, use dashes to keep it into one word.  Below are given a
  few examples, showing in square bracket how it will appear in the
  author index.

   - FirstName LastName               [LastName (FirstName)]
   - FirstName MiddleName LastName    [MiddleName (FirstName)]
   - FirstName M. LastName            [LastName (FirstName M.)]
   - FirstName Last-Name              [Last-Name (FirstName)]

* 2 Abstract and keyword list must not be in italic.
The words "Abstracts" and "Keywords" (aka "index terms") are in
italic, but the bodies of the abstract and the list of keywords must
not.

* 3 Figures should look nice
- Make sure not to use too small font size in figures, they should be
  more or less the same size as the text body.  Try to print as a
  booklet (i.e., two virtual pages per physical page) to check that
  the figures are still readable.

  Some figures should definitely spread on two columns, not just one.

- Avoid bitmap figures
  Use vectorized graphics, avoid bitmaps.  Otherwise use some very
  high resolution export.

- Use a sharp contrast.
  Beautiful figures with rich colors are very likely to look very bad
  on the printed proceedings.  Avoid useless uses of color.  Try to
  print your paper on a (not too good) black and white printer to check.

* 4 No header, no footer
Nothing must appear as a header, nor as a header.  In particular, no
page number.

* 5 Watch the number of pages
- Stick to the constraints:
   - Short paper:    6 pages.
   - Doctoral paper: 4 pages.
   - Posters:        4 pages.

* 6 Nice layout
Avoid empty columns appearing randomly: balance the columns by hand.
If the last page is very empty, try not to use it at all.  If you
still have some room, maybe the figures should be larger.

* 7 Prefer PDF submissions
Word documents are not portable and often are incorrectly rendered on
other versions of Word.  Therefore, submit PDF files.

* 8 Follow the instructions
Submit to rivf@lrde.epita.fr and to no other address.  Use a title
such as (don't include "Subject: "):

    Subject: short 100
    Subject: poster 117
    Subject: doctoral 314

Attach the PDF file to it simply named by the number of the paper, for
instance:

        100.pdf
        117.pdf
        314.pdf

Don't generate useless trafic: No "thank you" etc.

Don't start new messages, always reply to the one you received from
the system.

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