LATEX 2ε SVProc Document Class

Editor Instructions
for
– Proceedings –

c 2016,
All rights reserved.

July 22, 2016

Contents
1 Introduction 2

2 Step-by-Step Instructions 2
2.1 Setting up a Root File for Your Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2 Initializing the Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3 Required Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.4 Structuring Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.5 Compiling the Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.6 Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3 Submitting your Manuscript 5

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1 Introduction
This editorial supplement gives advice on how to collect, edit and compile the
complete set of authors’ contributions for your planned book. It comes with the
SVProc tool package specific to – Proceedings –.
The components of the SVProc tool package (for editors) are:

• The Springer Nature LATEX class svproc.cls (major version 1) and BiB-
TeX styles spmpsci.bst, spphys.bst, spbasic.bst as well as the tem-
plate with preset class options, packages and coding examples;
Tip: Copy these files to your working directory, run LATEX 2ε and produce
your own example *.dvi or *.pdf file; rename the template file as you see
fit and use it for your own input.
• Instructions with style and coding instructions specific to proceedings;
Tip: Follow these instructions to set up the files, to typeset the text and
to obtain a consistent formal style; use these pages as checklists before
finally submitting the manuscript or print data.
• The Reference Guide describing the SVProc features independent of any
specific style requirements.
Tip: Use it as a reference if you need to alter or enhance the default
settings of the SVProc document class and the templates.

For volume editors only the SVProc tool package is enhanced by

• the editor instructions for compiling multiple contributions into a single

book.

2 Step-by-Step Instructions
Although we assume that you wish the layout of your book to reflect the in-
dividual work of the contributing authors we recommend that all authors of
your book use the same basic macros, styles, and sample input files for their
manuscript, i.e. the LATEX 2ε SVProc package. Please advise your authors
accordingly.
In contrast to our macro package for monographs the SVProc document class
provides a text layout specific to proceedings with

• the names and affiliations of the contributing authors mentioned in the

header of each contribution’s first page;
• a front and back matter “reserved” for editorial contents, such as preface,
organization pages, table of contents, and author index, etc.

For default settings, detailed instructions on stylistic and formal standards as

well as on the inclusion of figures we refer you also to the SVProc Author
Instructions.

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 2.1 Setting up a Root File for Your Book
In order to compile all the contributions into a single book it will be necessary
that you check the TEX file of each individual contribution.
Assuming that the authors have used the Springer Nature template author.tex
for their own input and thus have all used the same file structure, you must in
the preamble of each of these TEX files

• delete everything including the command \begin{document}. Any indi-

vidual styles and definitions the author has used must be moved to your
root file (see below)!

At the end of each contribution file

• delete the commands that format the index (\printindex) and delete
\end{document}.

Save each single contribution as an individual file.

Set up a root file complete with all commands needed to invoke the class, the
packages and the individual contributions with the \include{hfilenamei} com-
mand.

2.2 Initializing the Class

Tip:
Enter Use the preset
template
\documentclass{svproc} editor.tex
at the beginning of your root file. This will set the text area to a \textwidth of
122 mm or 28-1/8 pi and a \textheight of 193 mm or 45-5/6 pi plus a \headsep
of 12 pt (space between the running head and text).
N.B. Trim size (physical paper size) is 155 × 235 mm or 6 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.
For a description of all possible class options provided by SVProc see the
“SVProc Class Options” section in the enclosed Reference Guide.

2.3 Required Packages

The following selection in the past has proved to be essential in preparing a fully
formatted (i.e. ready-to-print) manuscript.
Invoke the required packages with the command

\usepackage{}

graphicx.sty is a powerful tool for including, rotating, scaling and

sizing graphics files (preferably *.eps files)
multicol.sty balances out the columns on the last page of, for exam-
ple, your author index
footmisc.sty together with style option [bottom] places all footnotes
at the bottom of the page

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 For a description of other useful packages and SVProc class options, special
commands and environments tested with the SVProc document class see the
Reference Guide.

2.4 Structuring Commands

Use the declarations

\frontmatter
\mainmatter
\backmatter

in the root file to divide your manuscript into three parts: (1) the front matter
for the preface, organization pages, etc., table of contents; (2) the main matter
for the individual contributions; (3) the back matter for a possible author index,
etc.

2.5 Compiling the Contributions

If you would like to see a preliminary version of your complete proceedings you
may want to use this root file for the compilation of your book (see Sects.
2.1–2.4, or adapt and use the sample root file editor.tex which comes with
this package.)
Insert the individual contribution files with the \include command and compile
your root file.

2.6 Author Index

The Author Index is also generated at Springer Nature, but you can help us
present the authors’ names in the correct way by submitting a list of authors.
Please highlight complex family names, particles, or suffixes of author names; or
differentiate between given name(s) and family name(s) - especially for authors
who do not use the Western name order. It should be made quite clear, which
part of the name is the given name and which is the family name. Please
check that the names of the authors are written consistently throughout the
proceedings volume. If one author has contributed to more than one paper, his
or her name should be spelt and structured in an identical manner in all papers
as well as in the Table of Contents and the Author Index.

2.6.1 Generating the Author Index Yourself

If you wish to generate the Author Index yourself please make sure that ‘\index’
commands are placed in the header of each contribution between the \title
and the \maketitle commands, e.g.:

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 \title{Hamiltonian Mechanics}
\author{Alberto Di Battista\and Paulo Lazzarino Del Grosso}
\index{Di Battista, Alberto}
\index{Lazzarino Del Grosso, Paulo}
\maketitle

You will need in addition the \usepackage{makeidx} command and the com-
mand \makeindex in your preamble. At the end of your input, please insert the
command

\printautindex

In order to sort the authors’ names alphabetically in the index you may use the
MakeIndex program - please note that this is an external program and must be
launched separately.
Please check the output for any redundancy before submitting your manuscript
files.

3 Submitting your Manuscript

As soon as you have finalized the content and structure of your book and have
compiled all contributions, send us all the source files (text and figures), i.e.
*.tex, (for images: *.eps, *.jpg, *.png, *.pdf), *.cls, *.sty, as well as the digitial
output, i.e. *.dvi, *.ps, or *.pdf.
Please direct any queries concerning your book project to your contact person
at Springer Nature. He or she will be happy to respond directly or pass on your
query to the expert in charge.