Research in Engineering Design

Instructions on Electronic Submission for Authors for Accepted Papers

PLEASE SEND ONLY THE FINAL VERSION OF THE ARTICLE, AS ACCEPTED BY THE EDITORS.

Preparing your manuscript

Please supply the following information with your data: journal title, operating system, word processing program, drawing program, image processing program, compression program.

The file name should include the author name, have no more than 8 characters, and use no accents or special symbols. Use only the extensions that the program assigns automatically.

Data formats

Save your work in two versions:

Word compatible Word 95/97
In RTF (Rich Text Format).

Text

A Word template is available from the following sites:

ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/Word

http://www.springer.de/author/index.html

file names: sv-journ.zip or sv-journ.doc and sv-journ.dot The zip file should be sent unencoded.

Layout guidelines

Use a normal, plain font (e.g., Times Roman) for text.

Other style options:

for textual emphasis use italic types.
for special purposes, such as for mathematical vectors, use boldface type.

Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.

Do not use field functions.

For indents use tab stops or other commands, not the space bar.

Use the table functions of your word processing program, not spreadsheets, to make tables.

Use the equation editor of your word processing program or MathType for equations.

Place any figure legends or tables at the end of the manuscript.

Submit all figures as separate files and do not integrate them within the text.

Illustrations

The preferred figure formats are EPS for vector graphics exported from a drawing program and TIFF for halftone illustrations. EPS files must always contain a preview in TIFF of the figure. The file name (one file for each figure) should include the figure number. Figure legends should be included in the text and not in the figure file.

Scan resolution: Scanned line drawings should be digitized with a minimum resolution of 800 dpi relative to the final figure size. For digital halftones, 300 dpi is usually sufficient.

Color illustrations: Store color illustrations as RGB (8 bits per channel) in TIFF format. If you need them printed in color, authors will be expected to make a contribution (DM 950.00/€ 485.73 per article) towards the extra costs

Vector graphics: Fonts used in the vector graphics must be included. Please do not draw with hairlines. The minimum line width is 0.2 mm (i.e., 0.567 pt) relative to the final size.