IntechOpen LATEX User Manual

Manuscript Preparation

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September 10, 2019

Introduction
IntechOpen has developed an author template to ensure all authors use this
template to produce LATEX manuscripts that conform to IntechOpen formatting
requirement. This document is a manual for the authors to help prepare their
manuscript. The document has general guidelines and it describes how various
elements should be coded.

Please note!
This LATEX template has been devised so that the output PDF will closely
mirror the layout of the final, professionally formatted manuscript. However,
be advised that there will be differences between the output PDF created by
LATEX and the final chapter proof created by professional typesetters.

IntechOpen LATEX Template Files

The template contains the following files with the class file named
“IntechOpen-Book.cls”. The current version of the class file is 0.1.
1. Readme.txt
2. User-manual.pdf
3. IntechOpen-Book.pdf (output reference pdf)
4. IntechOpen-Book.cls (LaTeX class file)
5. Source files of Template

How to Start - Preparing Your Manuscript

It is assumed that you possess basic knowledge in LATEX to help you create a
properly formatted LATEX manuscript. This manual is NOT a guide for general
LATEX functionalities.

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To start, ensure that you have LATEX2e version installed on your computer.
You are provided with “IntechOpen-Book.cls” which can be installed in your
LATEX setup. Alternately, keep the same with your manuscript files.
You are given sample tex files, as a template for the manuscript. We would
suggest you to use the sample template files to start with your project. Please
have a copy of the main tex file ”IntechOpen-Book.tex” for your manuscript
and start editing as required. The main tex file contains the lines for calling class
files, preamble, and the content of a sample chapter. You can add your actual
manuscript content in place of this sample content. The standard structure of
each element for IntechOpen Manuscript is explained in detail.

The Main file and the Preamble

As discussed above, the main tex file ”IntechOpen-Book.tex” can be taken as a
startup file to format your manuscript. The following line calls the IntechOpen
template with options in the main tex file:
\documentclass[<options>]{IntechOpen-Book}
The major options provided in this version of the class file are:
numbers Reference citations in numbered styles
sectrefs Formats the references as chapter-end list
In addition to the above, all the natbib package options can be passed
through the class file.

Your Chapter
The major parts of the Chapter contents are divided into three main elements
(frontmatter, body text, and backmatter). Below is a sample of major structure
in tex file for your chapter.
\documentclass[numbers,sort&compress]{IntechOpen-Book}
\usepackage{amsthm,makeidx}
\graphicspath{{Artworks/}}
\makeindex
\begin{document}
\begin{frontmatter}
Chapter opener....
\end{frontmatter}

Body text.....

\begin{backmatter}
Backmatter text....
\end{backmatter}
\end{document}

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Chapter Opener
All the chapter opening elements are coded inside a wrapper tag
\begin{frontmatter}...\end{frontmatter}. A typical chapter opener
coding is shown below:

\begin{frontmatter}
\chapter{Chapter Title}\label{chap1}

\author{First Author}
\author{Second Author}
\author{Third Author}

\makechaptertitle
\end{frontmatter}

Section Heads
The template allows six levels of section headings. Coding for different heading
levels are as shown below:

\section{Head Level 1}
\subsection{Head Level 2}
\subsubsection{Head Level 3}
\paragraph{Head Level 4}
\subparagraph{Head Level 5}

Lists
The normal LATEX list coding could be followed: “enumerate”, “itemize”, and
additionally “unenumerate” are used to code the ordered and unordered lists.
All these environments are allowed with nested lists as well. The “description”
lists are used for descriptive types of list like Terms and Definitions.

Figures and Tables

Figures and tables are handled in a standard LATEX manner; however, few
additional tags like \FIG{}{} and \TBL{}{}{} are introduced. The captions
can also include title and credit/source text with \title{} and \source{}
commands.
For the figures the \FIG{image}{caption} command includes images first
and then caption as second argument. If an image does not have a caption,
please use the command \FIG{image}{} with an empty group.

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\begin{figure}[t]
\FIG{\includegraphics{image}}
{\caption{\title{title text.}caption text....\source{Source text.}}
\label{chap1:fig1}}
\end{figure}

The \TBL{caption}{table-body}{table-footnote} command accepts

three arguments: caption first, table body next and then footnotes, if any. If
any argument is empty please follow empty groups as \TBL{}{table-body}{}.
Basically three rules can be given as: \toprule, \midrule, \botrule. Spanned
rules or any additional rules are also acceptable.

\begin{table}[t]
\TBL{\caption{caption text...}\label{chap1:tab1}}
{\begin{tabular}{@{}lll@{}}\toprule
\multicolumn{3}{@{}c@{}}{\TCH{Main Head}}\\
\TCH{Head1} & \TCH{Head2} & \TCH{Head3}\\\midrule
text & text & text\\
text & text\footnotemark{a} & text\\
text & text & text\\\botrule
\end{tabular}}{
\begin{tablenotes}
\footnotetext[a]{Table footnote text...}
\footnotetext{\source{Table source text...}}
\end{tablenotes}}
\end{table}

Program Listings
You can have additional packages to prepare computer code for any program-
ming languages in your manuscript. There are many packages available for
this purpose (e.g., verbatim, alltt, algorithmic, algorithm, algorithm2e
listings). Some of these packages will automatically break the lines that are
very long. If you do not wish so, please make sure that all lines fit within the
page width.

Math
AMS math coding is preferred for displaying math. AMS math provides a
complete solution for math typesetting. It also has many helpful tools besides
different enhancements for multi-line math display. Please visit the Website
https://www.ctan.org/pkg/amsmath for details on the standard AMS math
codes.

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References
The preferred reference format would be BIBTEX with numeric style citations,
this would recommend Vancouver styles to use with BIBTEX references.

Indexing
The method of indexing key terms is similar to the general procedure followed for
LATEX . Please make sure the package makeidx.sty is used and the \makeindex
in preamble of your main tex file.

Formatting Guidelines
Manuscript Files: Use the template files as a start-up for your manuscript.
Avoid multiple tex files (or sub-files) for chapter interior (follow single tex file
per chapter)

Key/Label for Citing Elements: Each element is normally assigned a label

to cite in other parts of your manuscript. For this purpose a label should be
given with \label{...} command for each numbered element such as sections,
equations, figures, and tables. The naming of labels should follow certain
standards. Some sample labels are given below:

\chapter{...}\label{chap1} -- chapter title

\section{...}\label{chap1:sec1} -- section head
\subsection{...}\label{chap1:sbsec1} -- subsection head
\begin{align}\label{chap1:eq1} -- numbered display math

Math: For correct rendering of math equation in the final product, the below
guidelines will be of great help:

• Include all portions of display math within the math environment.

• Add necessary line breaks for long equations so that they fit within
column/text width.
• Avoid breaking inline math equations (e.g., $A$ = $B$, instead use
$A = B$).
• Avoid inline math equations inside a display math equation:
(e.g., \[a=b\mbox{ where as $b$ is zero}\],
instead use \[a=b\mbox{ where as }b\mbox{ is zero}\]
• Use correct tags to render correct accented characters for text and math
equations (e.g., F\"orster instead of F$\ddot{\rm o}$orster).
• In math mode, use array or matrix instead of tabular coding.

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Figures & Tables:

• Place figures and tables nearer to the paragraph containing their first
citation.
• Tables and figures need to be coded with additional wrapper
tag \TBL{caption}{table}{footnote} and \FIG{image}{caption},
respectively.
• The in-text tables/figures which are not numbered should be coded as
non-floating figures/tables.
• Avoid heavy formatting in tables and keep a minimum of 2 table rules
(\toprule & \botrule).
• Table should be in text format and not as an image.
• Images with sub-figures should be provided as a single file.

References: Always use BIBTEX format in references to obtain consistency.

Macros and Custom Commands: A light version of macro and custom

commands are acceptable. Macros containing conditional processing should be
avoided. Multiple levels of macro definitions are also strongly discouraged.

LATEX Manuscript Submission

While submitting your manuscript, perform the following tasks::

• Bundle all manuscript source files in a single archive. Source files include
LATEX files, LATEX packages, BibTeX files, images or any other material
that belongs to your manuscript.
• Make sure the final source files compile without errors with pdflatex or
latex. A PDF should be generated from the latest manuscript files and
submitted along with the source files.
• Figures should be submitted in one of the following formats: EPS, TIFF,
JPG, PDF or PNG.

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