In order to publish your paper in the proceedings, we require the manuscript itself and a signed copyright form. The copyright form, available here, should be signed and either posted to Dr James Irvine, Strathclyde University, EEE, Royal College Building, 204 George St, Glasgow G1 1XW UK, or faxed to him at +44 141 552 4968.

We require source files. While files are submitted for printing and to IEEE Xplore^TM in PDF, IEEE Xplore^TM requires files which are compliant. If we only have a PDF and it is non-compliant, your paper will not be published. Most compliance issues are to do with fonts or figures, and we can solve them for you if we have the source.

IEEE compliance is also why it is important that you conform strictly to the submission guidelines. If your submission does not conform to the guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendment. If you are unable to update your paper in time to meet the publication deadline, it will not be published.

We can accept files in three formats: Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format and (La)TeX. If you submit in (La)TeX, you should supply the DVI file and all other files necessary to compile your document in a zip, gzip or tar file. In addition to your source file, you should also supply a PDF for proof-checking purposes. We will use this PDF to check that the conversion of your source file is correct.

Your files should be submitted to EDAS – upload the file to your existing paper. Log in to your EDAS account, select your paper, and then click on 'Upload' on the right hand side of the 'Manuscript' line in the yellow table. Supply both the source file(s) and PDF proof in a zip, gzip or tar file. You must upload your file by 20 June 2004.

The page limit is 5 pages. Overlength page charge is £60 per page over 5. This charge must be paid with your registration. Do not fiddle with margins, font size, line spacing, etc to squeeze in more text. If your document comes in at over 5 pages when we convert it, you will have to pay the overlength page charge, or the last page will not be printed.

Margins should be as follows:

	US Letter	A4
Top margin	0.75 inch	19 mm
Bottom margin	1 inch	43 mm
Side margins	0.625 inch	13 mm

A template is provided here for Microsoft Word and here for LaTeX. For LaTeX, be sure to use the template's conference mode. See template documentation for details.

The preferred font is Times New Roman. Regular manuscript text should be 10-point type. Minimum point size for all text (including text in graphics and tables) is 4 points. The following fonts are also acceptable:

Arial MT	Courier, Bold Italic
Arial MT, Italic	Symbol
Arial MT, Bold	Times New Roman PS MT
Arial MT, Bold Italic	Times New Roman PS MT, Italic
Courier	Times New Roman PS MT, Bold
Courier, Italic	Times New Roman PS MT, Bold Italic
Courier, Bold	ZapfDingbats

Use only these fonts to provide a consistent look to all the papers in the proceedings. If you must use fonts other than those listed, they must be either PostScript or TrueType. Use of custom-made or hacked fonts is strictly prohibited.

Vector graphics are preferred for diagrams as they convert well to PDF. Take care that font sizes in diagrams do not go below 4 pt. Bitmapped images should be 300 dots per inch (dpi) at the size they appear in your paper. Images below this resolution will not render well in print; images above will be downsampled by us, but since doing this during PDF conversion does not produce the best results, you are advised to supply them at 300dpi. Do not use custom halftones (photographs) and pattern fills – these can cause problems for PDF conversion. Also, do not select "Smooth Graphics". This option often produces extremely large files that will take a long time to display and print. The Smooth Graphics option is usually found in the Page Setup Dialog box in Macintosh applications and some Windows application.