Please make sure you are using the latest templates. Here you will find the templates for 2013:

• LaTeX templates (latest version: February 1, 2013)
• Word template (latest version: February 1, 2013)
• a sample pdf paper (without teaser) (latest version: February 1, 2013)
• a sample pdf paper (with teaser) (latest version: February 1, 2013)

Helpful Hints for Working with MS Word

Helpful Hints for Working with LaTeX

If you are the author of a Vis poster/ panel or InfoVis poster, please use the formatting guidelines found here. If you have questions regarding document formatting, please forward them to submissions@vgtc.org.

Summary of Format

Size and Margins:

It is very important to follow these margins exactly or you run the risk of loosing text when the final paper is produced at a smaller trim size.

Please note, if you are using MS Word, you will need to use the margins found here.

• Paper Size: 8.5 inches by 11.0 inches (21.59cm by 27.94cm)
• Top Margin: 0.75 inch (1.905 cm)
• Bottom Margin: 0.625 inch (1.5875 cm)
• Inside Margin: 0.75 inch (1.905 cm)
• Outside Margin: 0.625 inch (1.5875 cm)
• Columns: Two (2) columns, each 3.48 inches (8.8392 cm) wide
• Column Gutter: 0.17 inches (0.4318 cm) column gutter

Images:

• Teaser images are now allowed and encouraged in VAST/InfoVis/SciVis papers. Please do not include any other images/graphs/charts on the first page of your paper and try to place all other images in one of the four corners of your pages, if possible.

Header:

• Please do NOT include headers in your paper. We will automate these for you with the appropriate information.

Title:

• Title Text: 18pt Helvetica, centered
• Capitalize the first letter of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; do not capitalize articles, coordinate conjunctions, or prepositions (unless the title begins with such a word).

Author Information and Affiliation:

• Author Names: 10pt Helvetica, centered
• Author Information is specified in a comma separated list, the last one being attached with ', and'. If only two authors are given simply separate them with a single 'and'. IEEE Members should be indicated by appending 'Member, IEEE' or 'Student Member, IEEE', whichever applies.
• Author Affiliation should be 10pt Times or Times New Roman and contact information is provided as a list in a separate footnote at the bottom of the first page in the left column. Please insert punctuation at the end of each item. Please include each author's name, affiliation, and e-mail address, in bullet form, providing one bullet point for each author.

Abstract:

• Justified, indented an extra 0.33 inches from main Body text of paper on inside and outside margins.
• word "Abstract": 8pt Helvetica, bold, justified, NOT numbered
• Body Text: up to 3 in. (7.62 cm) long.
• Abstract must be 1 paragraph; any paper with multiple paragraphs will be returned for correction.

Index Terms:

• Justified, indented an extra 0.33 inches from main Body text of paper on inside and outside margins
• word "Index Terms": 8pt Helvetica, bold, justified, NOT numbered
• Please only capitalize the first letter of the first word in the list, separating the words with commas
• Starting in 2013, a period (.) is no longer allowed at the end of the Index Terms
• A list of relevant index terms should be included after the abstract
• Please think of these as being written in the style of Keywords, instead of the traditional ACM Index Terms (Looking at the sample PDF, might be of help.)
• Leave one blank line after Index terms

Diamond Rule:

• Insert Diamond Rule after Index Terms, centered

Headings:

• Section Headings: 9pt Helvetica, bold, flush left, numbered, small caps
• Subsection Headings: 9pt Helvetica, bold, flush left, numbered
• Sub-subsection Headings: 9pt Helvetica, flush left, numbered

Body Text:

• 9pt Times or Times New Roman, justified on 10pt leading
• indent all paragraphs by 1em (roughly 3mm) except the first one under a heading
• no blank lines between paragraphs

Caption Text:

• 8pt Helvetica
• figures and tables must be numbered separately
• figure captions are to be flush left below the figures, please number each figure in the following manner: 'Fig.#.', followed by the title, using the appropriate punctuation; capitalize the first word of each sentence in the figure caption.
• table titles are to be centered above the tables; Capitalize the first letter of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; do not capitalize articles, coordinate conjunctions, or prepositions (unless the title begins with such a word) of each figure caption.

Acknowledgments:

• word "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS": 9pt Helvetica, bold, flush left, NOT numbered, small caps
• Acknowledgment text : 9pt Times or Times Roman

Citations and References:

• word "REFERENCES": 9pt Helvetica, bold, flush left, NOT numbered, small caps
• List of references: 8pt Times or Times Roman on 9.5pt leading
• When referenced in the text, enclose the citation number in square brackets, for example [1].
• Where appropriate, include the name(s) of editors of referenced books.
  [1] Albert B. Smith, Christopher D. Jones, and Egon F. Roberts, "Article Title", Journal, Publisher, Location, pp. 1-10, Date.
  [2] Christopher D. Jones, Albert B. Smith, and Egon F. Roberts, Book Title, Publisher, Location, Date.
  [3] Christopher D. Jones, Albert B. Smith, and Egon F. Roberts, "Chapter Title", Book Title, Book Editors, Publisher, Location, Date.