Formatting Word Documents for the 

To format your document consistent with the JMMSC publishing guidelines, you must attach the template "JMMSC.DOT" to your document and reapply the formatting. Begin  by copying "JMMSC.DOT" to the Word template directory, which for Microsoft Word 97 is located by default in the \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates.

Then: 
1. Choose Tools, Templates and Add-Ins
2. Click Attach. The Attach template dialog box opens.
3. Browse to JMMSC.DOT, and click Open.
4. Check the Automatically Update Document Styles check box.

Second, reapply all style definitions from the new template, adjust the number of carriage returns and adhere to all other guidelines in Formatting Details.

Please also see the example file in Microsoft Word format.

Formatting Specifications
(These are what is built into the template but reprinted here just in case....)

1. Margins and alignment (No preset style for this in the .dot file, so you need to set

 this yourself) – Top .75, bottom 1.1; left 1.25, right 1.45, header .61, footer .75,

alignment left/right.

2.  Main Title (Heading 1, MMSC Title^[1] – 12 pt, Bold, Center, All Caps, 45 pt before, 18 pt after ). One carriage return goes after the title.

3. Author (AUTHORS - 9 pt, Center, All Caps). One carriage return goes after the author.

4. Affiliation (Affiliation – 9 pt, Title Case, Center, with 4 pt of paragraph spacing before and 0 point after.) Two affiliation-formatted carriage returns go after each affiliation set. Regarding final affiliation see example in Word.

5. Abstract - The word Abstract (Abstractchar – 10 pt, Small Caps,Title Case, Left/Right alignment) is placed next to the abstract text. The abstract text is formatted as Normal, 10 pt., Times New Roman. The entire abstract is indented .35 inches on each side.

6. Section Heading (Heading 2, MMSC Section – 10 pt, Bold, Small Caps, Title Case, Center). One carriage return goes before and after section heading.

7. Subsection Heading  (JMMSC Subsection - 10 pt, Align Left; Example "2.2  Subsection." - need place in numbers yourself.) Place two spaces between subsection number and section name and one space between period after subsection and the first sentence of the paragraph.

8. Paragraph Text . Paragraphs that are not new sub-section paragrpaphs should be formatted as body text indent (Normal – 10 pt, Align Left/Right, 5-character tab). Paragraphs that represent the beginning of subsections should be formatted as Normal (Normal – 10 pt, Align Left/Right). Place tab at the beginning of each paragraph that does not start with a subsection heading

9. References Heading (References And Acknowledgements – 10 pt, Bold, Small Caps, Title Case, Center.

10. References Text (Normal) - Indented five spaces after first line. See iamcm.pdf for more details.

11. Table Captions (Normal – Normal Text, Align Left, Center above table).

12.  Figure Captions (Normal – Normal Text, Aligned Left, Center below figure)
13. Page numbering  - Page numbers should be marked on back of manuscript.