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Aah10 at 17:53, 8 September 2013

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Aah10: /* General Guidelines for Paper Writing */

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General Guidelines for Paper Writing

Aah10 at 17:22, 8 September 2013

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Aah10 at 23:42, 8 July 2013

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Aah10: /* Exporting Drawings and Pictures to EPS */

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Exporting Drawings and Pictures to EPS

Aah10: /* Exporting Drawings and Pictures to EPS */

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Exporting Drawings and Pictures to EPS

Aah10 at 23:31, 8 July 2013

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Mhefeeda at 22:51, 8 December 2010

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MediaWiki default at 17:34, 27 October 2009

2009-10-27T17:34:22Z

MediaWiki default: Notes on Matlab, LaTex, xfig, and EPS figures moved to Writing Guidelines

2009-10-27T17:24:25Z

Notes on Matlab, LaTex, xfig, and EPS figures moved to Writing Guidelines

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 ** If you will be including the location (venue) of the conference, you must be consistent and do so for all conferences in the paper. To save space, you can ignore the location.
 ** Never use acronyms only for the names of conferences or journals! You can include them between two parentheses after the full name of the conference/journal.
 == Embedding Fonts in PDF Files ==

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 ** Always include the page numbers for conference and journal papers.
 ** For journals, you must also include the volume and the number (of the issue).
-** If you will be copying BibTeX information from online digital libraries, you must edit them to make sure they follow our standard. For example, most IEEE references will .
+** If you will be copying BibTeX information from online digital libraries, you must edit them to make sure they follow our standard. For example, most IEEE references will not have the conference name in the correct format. Taking ICME as an example, it will read (Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2012 IEEE International Conference on) and not (IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME)). Therefore, you will need to edit it yourself.
 ** You may also need to edit the names of the authors in the BibTeX entry.
 ** If you will be including the location (venue) of the conference, you must be consistent and do so for all conferences in the paper. To save space, you can ignore the location.
 ** Never use acronyms only for the names of conferences or journals! You can include them between two parentheses after the full name of the conference/journal.
 == Embedding Fonts in PDF Files ==

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 == Embedding Fonts in PDF Files ==
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   -f inputFile.pdf \
   -c quit
 == Exporting Matlab Figures in The "Right" Dimension ==
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   set(gcf, 'Unit', 'inches');
   set(gcf, 'Position', [0.25 2.5 5.5 4.05]);
 == Exporting Microsoft Visio Drawings to EPS ==
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     \caption{Test.} \label{fig:test}
   \end{figure}
 == Using Times New Roman Font in Latex ==
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 * While not encouraged, you may consider using times package to save space in your initial submissions. We haven't seen any CFP saying that Times New Roman font should not be used.
 == Extracting Raw Data Points from An Existing Matlab Fig File ==
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   xx = get(hl,'xdata');
   yy = get(hl,'ydata');
 == Avoiding Type 3 Font in xfig Figures ==

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 * On the following dialog box, check '''Automatically calculate Bounding Box''' and click '''Yes'''.
 [[Image:eps3.png|center|300px]]
 == Adding Math Symbols in xfig Figures ==

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 * Select the figure or the material you would like to convert to EPS. If you are using Word, drag the cursor around the required figure and/or text.
 * Print your selection. This screenshot shows the correct settings while printing a selected figure in Word. The output will be a .prn file by default. You may choose to select a different name or extension.
 * Open the file obtained in the previous step using GSview.
 * From the menu, click '''File''', then '''PS to EPS'''
 * On the following dialog box, check '''Automatically calculate Bounding Box''' and click '''Yes'''.
 == Adding Math Symbols in xfig Figures ==

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 The following steps are intended to convert any material composed using any application to EPS format with a proper bounding box and all fonts embedded. The method has been tested using different source applications, including Word and Excel. It should also work with other applications, but no testing has been conducted.
-Required software:
+=== Required software: ===
-# Install the “MS Publisher Color Printer” using the “Add Printer” tool.
+# Install the '''MS Publisher Color Printer''' using the '''Add Printer''' tool.
 # Install GSview from [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/].
 == Adding Math Symbols in xfig Figures ==

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	To convert Visio-drawn figures to EPS files preserving their vector format, the following options are suggested. The first one, which is more recommended, is to print the Visio image into a PDF file using a PDF printer such as [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ PDFCreator], and convert the PDF file to EPS. The use of [http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ ImageMagick] for converting PDF to EPS is recommended. The second option is to save the Visio image as a WMF or EMF (Windows-specific vector image formats), and then convert it to EPS using a software called [http://www.projectory.de/emftoeps/index.html EMF2EPS]. The software requires a PostScript Printer Driver, such as [http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=pdrv&platform=win Adobe's]. Note that printing the Visio file directly to EPS using this printer does not preserve the vector format of the images. All of the softwares mentioned are free.		To convert Visio-drawn figures to EPS files preserving their vector format, the following options are suggested. The first one, which is more recommended, is to print the Visio image into a PDF file using a PDF printer such as [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ PDFCreator], and convert the PDF file to EPS. The use of [http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ ImageMagick] for converting PDF to EPS is recommended. The second option is to save the Visio image as a WMF or EMF (Windows-specific vector image formats), and then convert it to EPS using a software called [http://www.projectory.de/emftoeps/index.html EMF2EPS]. The software requires a PostScript Printer Driver, such as [http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=pdrv&platform=win Adobe's]. Note that printing the Visio file directly to EPS using this printer does not preserve the vector format of the images. All of the softwares mentioned are free.
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		+	== Exporting Drawings and Pictures to EPS ==
		+
		+	The following steps are intended to convert any material composed using any application to EPS format with a proper bounding box and all fonts embedded. The method has been tested using different source applications, including Word and Excel. It should also work with other applications, but no testing has been conducted.
		+
		+	Required software:
		+	# Install the “MS Publisher Color Printer” using the “Add Printer” tool.
		+	# Install GSview from [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/].

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 * Easiest Way (if you are using TeXnicCenter):  Download [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/resources/latexPDF_profile.tco this Output Profile] and import it in your TeXnicCenter system (Build --> Define Output Profiles --> Import ...).  Always compile your document with that profile.
-* Or you can use the following argument line for ps2pdf post processor (in the profile editor of TeXnicCenter)
- -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -dPDFX -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress
+* Or you can use the following argument line for ps2pdf post processor (in TeXnicCenter: Build-->Define Output Profiles. Then choose Latex => PS => PDF. Then, Postprocessor tab).
- -dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode
-  -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false -dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode -sOutputFile="%bm.pdf"
+-sPAPERSIZE=letter -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dSubsetFonts=true -dEmbedAllFonts=true  -r600 -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -sOutputFile="%bm.pdf" -c save pop -f "%bm.ps"
- -c save pop -f "%bm.ps"
 * You can use the following script with Ghostscript (original source of the script is [http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2005/08/29/getting-pdflatex-to-embed-all-fonts/ here].) Of course change the "outFile.pdf" and "inputFile.pdf" to your files.
   gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER \

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-== Embed Fonts in PDF Files ==
+== Embedding Fonts in PDF Files ==
 It is required by IEEE, ACM and many other publishers that all fonts are embedded in the document.  Embedding fonts is important in order to make the document look and print in the same way the authors intended on different systems.
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   -c quit
-== Exporting Matlab Figure in The "Right" Dimension ==
+== Exporting Matlab Figures in The "Right" Dimension ==
 * The following scripts set labels and legend into Latex mode, and fix the figure size.
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-== Math Symbols in xfig Figures ==
+== Adding Math Symbols in xfig Figures ==
 * There are a few other ways to typeset mathematical formulas in figures generated by xfig. We present one straightforward approach.
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 * While not encouraged, you may consider using times package to save space in your initial submissions. We haven't seen any CFP saying that Times New Roman font should not be used.
-== Extract Raw Data Points from An Existing Matlab Fig File ==
+== Extracting Raw Data Points from An Existing Matlab Fig File ==
 * To extract data points from an existing Matlab fig file:
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   yy = get(hl,'ydata');
-== Avoid Type 3 Font in xfig Figures ==
+== Avoiding Type 3 Font in xfig Figures ==
 * If we use 'Pattern' to fill an object, the resulting  eps fil will have Type 3 fonts, which cause problems in the PDF file and will not be accepted by many publishers.  Use 'Filled' with 100% instead.
 * Alternatively, a patch for xfig/transfig can be found [http://konstantin.shemyak.com/sw/ here]. With a patched xfig, we can generate Type 3 font free eps files with patterns. It is, however, reported that these eps files do not look good in ghostscript PS readers.
 * The xfig on nsl/nsl-cpu has been patched. However, it might be a good idea to check your final PDF files in acroread using File->Properties. Remember to ensure: (i) no Type 3 fonts appear and (ii) all fonts are embedded.

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