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Downloadable Template
Sample digest file in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)

Proper Reference Format

SID is currently working to improve the impact factor of our archival journal, the Journal of the Society for Information Display, by encouraging authors to include citations to the Journal when appropriate. When you are writing your symposium digest papers, very often it would be possible to include a citation to a relevant J. Soc. Info. Display paper as part of the reference list. We would strongly encourage you to consider the Journal as a primary reference source as you are writing your paper for the SID Symposium Digest. Appropriate citations to the Journal of the Society for Information Display will enhance the status of the Journal and the status of the Society as well. Please use the example citation formats in the above template as standards.

Specifications for papers submitted to SID Symposium Digest:

• Papers should be no longer than 4 single-sided pages.
• Papers must be submitted as a .pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format) file or as a Microsoft Word .doc file.
• All text and illustrations must appear within a 7 in × 9 in (17.8 cm × 22.9 cm) area.
• For U.S. standard 8.5 × 11 inch pages, set left and right margins to 0.75 inch and top and bottom margins to 1.0 inch. Use two columns, each 3.33 inches wide, with a 0.34-inch space between columns.
• For A4 pages, set left and right margins to 1.6 cm and top and bottom margins to 3.4 cm. Use two columns, each 8.5 cm wide, with a 0.8 cm space between columns.
• Use Times Roman or equivalent for the body of the paper, for figure and table captions, and for references. Use Helvetica, Arial, or equivalent for the paper title, authors' names, and author affiliations. Sizes and bold or italic variations for the various elements of the paper are:

 - Paper Title is Helvetica/Arial 14-pt bold
 - Author Names are Helvetica/Arial 12-pt bold italic
 - Author affiliations are Helvetica/Arial 10-pt bold
 - Abstract Heading and Section Headings are Times 12-pt bold. Number section headings with consecutive Arabic (1, 2, 3,…) numerals.
 - Subsection Headings are Times 11-pt bold. Outline number subsection headings (1.1, 1.2, 1.3,…) according to their section.
 - Subsection Headings are Times 11-pt italic. Outline number subsubsection headings (1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3,…) according to their section and subsection.
 - Abstract text is Times 9-pt italic
 - Body text is Times 9-pt.
 - Figure and Table captions are Times 9-pt bold.
 - [1] References are Times 9-pt.

Title
Center the paper title in a single column across the top of the first page in 14-pt bold type. Capitalize the first letter of the first and last words of the title of all other words in the title except articles (a, an, the), conjunctions (and, but, or, for,…), and prepositions (of, to, in, on,…).

Author Names
Begin a new line, with a 6-pt space before, below the title. Type author names in 12-pt bold italic. Group authors by affiliation.

Affiliation
Follow each group of authors with the group's affiliation, on a new centered line, in 10-pt bold type, with no extra space before. Affiliation includes the name of the authors' institution and the city, state, and country in which it is located. Additional groups of authors follow after the affiliation of the first group, with a 6-pt space before. Add a 12-pt space after the last affiliation.

Abstract
After the paper title, author names and affiliations, all of which appear in a single full-width column, begin formatting the page in two columns. Put the heading "Abstract," flush-left, on the first line, in 12-pt bold type. Immediately below, place an abstract, of 35 to 50 words, in single-spaced italic type.

Sections
Begin each section of the body of the paper with a sequentially-numbered heading, set flush left in 12-pt bold type. Follow the heading number with a period. Put a 0.5-in (1.27?cm) tab between the heading number and the text of the heading. Use the same capitalization rules for the text of the heading as those given above for the paper title.

Subsections
To divide a section into smaller blocks, use subsections. Outline-number subsection headings, set flush left in 11-pt bold type. Put a 0.5-in (1.27?cm) tab between the heading number and the text of the heading. Subsections in, for example, section two would be numbered 2.1., 2.2., …

Subsubsections
Outline-number subsubsection headings, set flush left in 11-pt italic type. Follow the subsubsection number with a period and 0.5-in (1.27?cm) tab before the heading text. Subsubsections in, for example, section 2.2 would be numbered 2.2.1., 2.2.1., …

Body
The body of the paper is in 9-pt single-spaced type. Put a 4-pt space after each paragraph. Paragraphs are without indentation, and are justified (flush right and left). Use a single space after periods and colons.

Figures and Tables
Place tables and figures close to their first reference in the text. Wide figures and tables may extend across both columns to a maximum width of 17.8 cm (7 inches) if they are either at the top or bottom of the page. Accompany each figure or table with a caption in 9-pt bold. Separately number figures consecutively. Begin each caption with the spelled-out word 'Figure' or 'Table,' and follow with the item number and a period. Begin the caption text on the same line. Center the caption immediately below a figure and immediately above a table. Long, multi-line captions may be justified rather than centered. Separate captions from the figure or table, and from adjacent body text, by 4?pt spaces. In the body text refer to figures and table with the spelled out word, e.g. Figure 1 or Table 3.

Equations
Long equations should be displayed on their own line, centered, and separated from adjacent body text by 6-pt spaces above and below. Number displayed equations sequentially with an Arabic numeral set flush right within parentheses.

Acknowledgements
Acknowledge technical and financial support in this separate section, placed after the body of the paper, but before the references section.

Reference and citations
Cite references in a sequentially numbered list of endnotes, numbered in order of their first appearance in the body of the paper. The endnotes should be in the last section of the paper, the section numbered in sequence with the other sections, and headed 'References.' Compose endnotes in 9-point type, single-spaced, ragged right, with a 4-pt space after each. Begin each note with the reference number in brackets (like [1]). Indent notes 0.25 inch (0.6 cm) from the left by, with the first line having a 0.25-in (0.6 cm) hanging indent and a 0.25-in (0.6 cm) tab between the bracket numeral and citation text. Follow the style of the American Institute of Physics for the various types of references, (see http://www.aip.org/pubservs/style/4thed/sec2.pdf) but include the paper in quotation marks after the authors' names (or use citations from a recent issue of the Journal of the Society for Information Display as examples). In the text refer to citations by the bracketed citation number.

Reference only published materials accessible to the public. Internal technical reports may be cited only if they are easily accessible (i.e. you can give the address to obtain the report within your citation) and may be obtained by any reader. Proprietary information may not be cited. Private communications should be noted in the body of the text, e.g., [Robertson, personal communication], rather than being listed in the References.