How to write a paper for SYSID 2003 using FrameMaker


Frame Maker issues

Use the template file

The simplest way to start is to use the Frame Maker template which is available at the tool repository of this site.

Check the format of your manuscript

Check that your manuscript complies with the specified manuscript specifications.

Use only valid type 1 or True Type fonts

Make sure that you use the times (type 1) or times new roman (True Type) font for the text of your paper. You may also need some other fonts, such as courier or courier new (for typeset programming code), or Symbol (for mathematics), but do not use any other fonts apart from the above ones. Please restrict the character set of your paper file to the ASCII or the ISO Latin-1 subset.

NOTE: Including non-standard fonts is one of the primary sources of poor PDF performance. Please check carefully that your file does not contain any font which is not included in the set of allowed fonts for IFAC manuscripts.

Generating a Postscript or PDF file from your Frame Maker manuscript

If you have the Acrobat software, the recommended procedure is to directly produce a PDF file with Acrobat Distiller. Otherwise the way to proceed is to produce a PostScript (ps) and submit it.

Generating a PDF file

Acrobat includes two different utilities for creating PDF files: PDFWriter and Distiller. We recommend you to always use Distiller to create your PDF file.

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Configuring Distiller

You should configure Distiller to use the Adobe Postscript (AdobePS) driver, and send TrueType fonts as Native True Type fonts (Windows NT, Windows 2000) or type 42 fonts (Windows 98, Windows 95).

Creating a PDF file using Distiller

Print the file to the Distiller printer or choose Save as... in the File menu and select PDF from the popou menu. You should use the optimize for print option and Acrobat 3 (PDF 1.2) compatibility. Be sure that Embed all fonts and Subset embedded fonts to 100% are selected.

Generating a PostScript file

If you do not have Acrobat Distiller, you should submit your paper as a Postscript file. To do this, you need to have a Postscript printer driver installed. Any driver that can generate Postscript level 1 can be used, but the recommendation is to use the AdobePS driver.

Configuring your Postscript driver

Your driver should be attached to a local port (LPx), and have the following options set:

Notice that some of the above options may be not available for your printer.

Do not use font substitution tables or conversion to built-in printer fonts. If possible, it is better to use only standard PostScript fonts (such as Times, Courier, or Symbol) in your manuscript.

Where to get the tools

You can download framemaker templates from the tool repository on this site.


Updated June 2002.
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