Author's Kit for Preparing Manuscripts for Computers in Cardiology 2009 (Revised 2 April 2009)

Important note

If you follow the instructions in this kit carefully, it is likely that your paper will be properly formatted. Please note, however, that the CinC Author's Kit is occasionally revised to improve the appearance of finished papers, to clarify instructions, or to maintain compatibility with current versions of LaTeX, MS Word, and OpenOffice. Please check this site on or after 15 July 2009 to see if any revisions have been made for CinC 2009.

Please download and read each of the following:

• Instructions for preparing manuscripts (revised 29 September 2008)
• Example layout (PDF)
• A customized template for your paper for use with LaTeX or MS Word. (The MS Word template can also be used with Open Office.) One of these templates must be used to prepare your manuscript or it will not be accepted for publication.

If you use LaTeX, you will also need to download the CinC style files and examples (choose latex.tar.gz or latex.zip, or download individual files from here).

If you use MS Word, you will also need Bill Sanders's notes on working with paragraph styles in MS Word.

Submitting your completed manuscript

All manuscripts must be submitted electronically as PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) files (see instructions here). Manuscripts on paper are no longer collected at the conference as they were in past years.

Important dates

Note that the deadline for submitting manuscripts (5 September 2009) is one week before the conference begins, in order to permit session chairs and other registered CinC attendees to read them. Submit your paper on time so that it gets the attention and thoughtful discussion it deserves!

Questions?

Some frequently asked questions are answered in the CinC Authors' FAQ. After reading the FAQ carefully, if your question is still unanswered, please write to the appropriate address below. We try to answer all questions promptly, but please understand that this may not be possible for a week or two surrounding the annual CinC meeting, since we all attend the meeting and may not have uninterrupted email access throughout that period.

For questions about writing your paper with MS Word, about the CinC template generator or the CinC PDF conversion service, or any other issue related to www.cinc.org, write to Bill Sanders.

For questions about writing your paper using LaTeX, about the CinC manuscript collector or the CinC preprint server, or any other issue related to cinc.mit.edu, write George Moody.

If you have any other questions, please contact the Editor, Alan Murray.