InstructionsforUsingtheMicrosoftWord2007/2010ProceedingsPaperTemplate1WorkingwiththeDocumentTemplate1.1GeneralInformationThetemplate,splnproc1110.dotm,hasbeendesignedforauthorspreparingapapertobepublishedinoneofSpringer’scomputerscienceproceedingsseries.ThetemplatesupportsWord2007andnewer.Predefinedstyleformatsareavailableforallthenecessarystructurestobeincludedinthemanuscript,andtheseformatscanbequicklyaccessedusingacustomribbontabprovidedwiththetemplate.Foradetaileddescriptionofhowtoprepareyourtext,illustrations,andreferences,seetheAuthorGuidelinesforthePreparationofContributionstoSpringerComputerScienceProceedings.1.2GeneralWorkingPrinciplesThemacrosaredesignedtoworkasintuitivelyaspossible.Allcommandsareappliedtotheselectedtext.Ifnotextisselected,amacroisappliedtothecurrentcursorposi-tion.Forexample,ifyouhavejusttypedyouraffiliationandyouaregoingtocon-tinuewithwritingyourabstract,donotclick‘Abstract’beforehavingstartedanewparagraph.Otherwisetheabstractformatwillbeappliedtotheaddressinformation,wherethecursorisstillpositioned.Alwaystypeyourtextfirstandthenclickonthebuttontoformatit!1.3InstallingtheTemplateCopythetemplatefilesplnproc1110.dotmintothedirectorywhereyouwanttosaveyourmanuscript.Thiswillhelpyoukeepthedocumentanditstemplatetogether.Ifthedocument’slinktothetemplatefileislost,thetemplate’scustomribbonandmac-rosarenolongeravailable.Werecommendtoregisterthisdirectoryasa‘trustedlocation’;thiswilleliminatetheneedtoenablethetemplate’smacrosmanuallyeverytimeyouopenthedocument:InWord2007clickontheOfficebuttonandselectWordOptions.InWord2010clicktheFilemenuandselectOptions.ThenclickTrustCenter→TrustCenterSettings→TrustedLocations→Addnewloca-tiontoaddthemanuscriptdirectorytotheregisteredtrustedlocations.Moredetailedinformationontrustedlocationscanbefoundat(Word2007)andat=1#BM3(Word2010).2UsingtheMicrosoftWord2007/2010ProceedingsPaperTemplate1.4HowtoStartWritingaNewDocumentUsingtheTemplateIfyouhavenotyetstartedtowriteyourpaper,pleaseopenWindowsExplorer,selectthetemplatefileandclickNewinthefile’scontextmenutocreateanewdocumentthatisbasedonthetemplate.DonotopenthetemplateoutofWordviaOfficeButton/File→Open.Youwouldeditthetemplateinsteadofcreatinganewdocumentthatisbasedonthetemplate.Youcaneasilyfindoutwhetheranewdocumenthasbeencreatedbylookingatthewindow’stitle:itshouldread‘Document1’(orDocument2,Document3,etc.).Ifyouhavenotregisteredthemanuscriptdirectoryasatrustedlocation(see1.3),youwillseeasecuritywarningtellingyouthatthemacroshavebeendisabled.Clicktothebuttonnexttothewarningtoenablethemmanually.Ifyoudonotseethewarninginthemessagebar,itmighthavebeendisabled(see).Savethedocumentandnameitwithyournameandashortformofthetitle(e.g.,Smith_TitleOfMyPaper.doc).1.5HowtoApplytheTemplatetoanExistingDocumentOpenthefileyouwouldliketoformatandclickOfficeButton→WordOptions(Word2007)/File→Options(Word2010).ChooseAdd-Insontheleftside,thenselectTemplatesinthedrop-downlistatthebottomofthedialog.ClickAttachinthedialogboxthatopens,navigatetoyourworkingdirectory,selectthesplnproc1110.dotmtemplate,thenclickOpen.ChecktheoptionAutomaticallyupdatedocumentstylesandclickOK.Ifyouhavenotregisteredthemanuscriptdirectoryasatrustedlocation(see1.3),youwillseeasecuritywarningtellingyouthatthemacroshavebeendisabled.Clicktothebuttonnexttothewarningtoenablethemmanually.Ifyoudonotseethewarninginthemessagebar,itmighthavebeendisabled(see).Savethedocument,nameitwithyournameandashortformofthetitle(e.g.,Smith_TitleOfMyPaper.doc)andre-openit.Onre-openingthedocument,click‘yes’ifyouareaskedtoadjustthepagesetuptothetemplate’sdefault.Thisisbecausethepagesetupandsomeotherdocumentset-tingscannotbeupdatedautomaticallybyattachingthetemplate.Theyarechecked,though,wheneveryouopenthedocument.Click‘No’wheneveryouareaskedtosavechangestothetemplate.UsingtheMicrosoftWord2007/2010ProceedingsPaperTemplate32WhattheRibbon’sCommandsDoThetemplate’s‘SpringerProceedingsMacros’ribbonconsistsofbuttonsfortheavailablestyleelementsinthetemplate.Touseoneofthesestyles,firstentertextandthenclickthebutton.Thestylewillthenbeassignedtotheparagraphthatcurrentlyhasthecursorinit.Thedescriptionsbelowshowyouhowtheseelementswork.Fig.1.Customribbon‘SpringerProceedingsMacros’2.1HowtoFormattheHeaderofYourPaperButtonEffectDescriptionFormatsthecontributiontitleThisbuttondoesnotworkifmorethanoneparagraphisselected.Ifasubtitlefollowsthetitle,thespaceaftertheparagraphisadjustedautomatically.FormatsacontributionsubtitleThisbuttondoesnotworkifmorethanoneparagraphisselected.Thespacingbetweenthetitleandthesubtitleisadjustedautomatically.Formatstheauthors’namesThisbuttondoes