A Guide to Electronic Processing of Accepted Papers

It is essential that authors whose articles have been accepted supply the final, revised version of an accepted manuscript in hard (paper) and electronic forms.

This Guide sets out the procedures which will assure we can process your article efficiently. It is divided into three sections:

• a guide for authors using standard word-processing software packages
• a guide for authors using LaTeX mathematical software packages
• a guide for authors using graphics software packages

There are some general rules which apply to all three options.

• these guides do not apply to authors who are submitting an article for consideration and peer review; they apply only to authors whose articles have been reviewed, revised, and accepted for publication



• print out your hard (paper) copy from the disk you are sending; it is essential that the hard-copy printout is identical to the material on the disk; where versions differ, the hard copy will take precedence. We advise that you maintain back-ups of your files



• save and send your files on a standard 3.5 inch high density disk (Mac or PC); please do not attempt to send the article via file transfer protocol or email



• when saving your article onto a disk, please make sure that the files do not exceed a manageable size; and please ensure that figures are saved on a separate disk



• ensure that the files are not saved as read-only



• virus-check your disk before sending it to the Editor



• label your disk



• package disks in such a way as to avoid damage in the post

Disks are not returnable after publication

A guide for authors using standard word-processing software packages

For the main text of your article, most standard PC or Mac word-processing software packages are acceptable, although we prefer Microsoft Word in a PC format.

Word-processed files should be prepared according to the journal style - visit www.tandf.co.uk/journals and select the journal to which you are submitting and then access the online style guide.

Avoid the use of embedding of any kind, except where you are embedding fonts necessary to view figures. For numbered tables, use the table function provided with the word-processing package.

All text should be saved in one file with the complete text (including the title page, abstract, all sections of the body of the paper, references), followed by numbered tables and the figure captions.

You should send the following to the Editor:

• a 3.5-inch disk containing the final, accepted version of the paper
• at least two hard copy printouts

Disks should be clearly labelled with the following information:

1. Journal title
2. Name of author
3. File names contained on disk
4. Hardware used (PC or Mac)
5. Software used (name and version)

Sample disk label: text

A guide for authors using LaTeX mathematical software packages

Authors who wish to prepare their articles using the LaTeX document preparation system are advised to use article.sty (for LaTeX 2.09) or article.cls (for LaTeX 2e).

The use of macros should be kept to an absolute minimum but if any are used they should be gathered together in the file, just before the \begin{document} command

You should send the following to the Editor:

• a 3.5-inch disk containing the final, accepted version of the paper
• the source code files you send must be text-only (often called an ASCII file), with no system-dependent control codes
• you should also include either a PostScript or PDF file prepared from your source file
• two hard copy printouts

Disks should be clearly labelled with the following information:

1. Journal title
2. Name of author
3. File names contained on disk
4. Hardware used (PC or Mac)
5. Software used (name and version)

Sample disk label: LaTeX

A guide for authors using graphics software packages

We welcome figures on disk, but care and attention to these guidelines is essential, as importing graphics packages can often be problematic.

1. Figures must be saved on a separate disk from the text.



2. Avoid the use of colour and tints for aesthetic reasons. Figures should be produced as near to the finished size as possible.



3. High quality reproducible hard copy for all line figures (printed out from your electronic files at a minimum of 600 dpi) must be supplied in case the disks are unusable; photographs and transparencies can be accepted as hard copy only. Photocopies will not be accepted.



4. All figures must be numbered in the order in which they occur (e.g. figure 1, figure 2 etc.). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. figure 1 (a), figure 1 (b) etc.)



5. The figure captions must be saved as a separate file with the text and numbered correspondingly.



6. The filename for the graphic should be descriptive of the graphic e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.



7. Files should be saved as TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), containing all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g., CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).

Disks should be clearly labelled with the following information:

1. Journal title
2. Name of author
3. Figures contained on disk
4. Hardware used (PC or Mac)
5. Software used (name and version)

Sample disk label: figures

File transfer protocol

Some journals now offer file transfer protocol (ftp) options, via the Editorial Office; contact the journal’s editor if you wish to use ftp.

Supplementary multimedia data files

The Journal welcomes the submission of Supplementary multimedia data files, for example, full motion video, to support and enhance journal articles published online.

In order to assure access, we require that multimedia data files are displayed in a single, consistent and commonly accessible format, viz., RealVideo or RealAudio.

Players for these platforms are available as free downloads from http://www.real.com

We accept the following video formats:

• QuickTime
• AVI
• MPEG-1

We accept the following audio formats

• AU
• WAV

If you wish to submit multimedia data files once your paper has been accepted for publication, contact Taylor & Francis Ltd, for access details: web.queries@tandf.co.uk

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RN, UK

Tel. +44 (0) 1235 828600

Fax. +44 (0) 1235 829000

Email: web.queries@tandf.co.uk