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A. Files to Submit: Your actual source file is needed (.doc or .tex), to extract text and data to produce information and metadata for ACM's digital library, but your .ps file (for .tex and .fm submissions) will be distilled to an ACM settings pdf and used for the print, cd and/or the digital library. We recommend using print or high-resolution settings when distilling your pdfs. BE SURE THAT THE FONTS YOU HAVE USED ARE EMBEDDED IN YOUR .PS and/or .PDF files.

B. Submissions that do not conform to the ACM standards and formats will be returned to the author for corrections and/or alterations. The page size for this publication is US Letter (8-1/2x11). Be sure that there are no bad page or column breaks--meaning no widows (last line of a paragraph at the top of a column). If this happens either tighten the previous column or force a line over. Section and Sub-section heads should remain with at least 2 lines of body text when near the end of a page or column. 

C. For your figures or images. 
     (C1) Authors with color figures, authors please be aware your figures are printing in black and white (grayscale) in the body pages of the proceedings. We suggest you print your paper to a black/white printer (or black-white version) to be sure that the tones, screening, images reproduce well in black and white. Your images may appear in color on your electronic submissions and will appear in color in the ACM digital library.
     (C2) Resolution: We recommend images to be at least 300 or 600 dpi for quality reproduction and saved as .tif images. 
     (C3) TIF vs JPG (JPEG) images: TIFs were (and should be created) created for pre-press applications where quality takes priority over file size. While TIFs can be compressed (LZW compression option when saving out of Photoshop, for example), no image data is lost, thus ensuring maximum quality. JPEG was designed as a compressed image format designed to keep the file size small which makes it idea for use in web graphics. To do this, the JPEG format actually deletes image data from the image. The higher the level of compression, the more data is removed. This is referred to as a lossy compression system. On a printout, the removed data tends to show up as blocky areas of a solid color. At higher resolutions (a minimum of 200 dpi ), there's usually enough data in the JPEG file for the compression artifacts to be very noticeable.
     (C4) Rules/Lines: We recommend for quality reproduction of rules in your graphs, tables or charts, that the rules are at least a 0.5 pt. and black. Finer lines and points than this will not reproduce well, even if you can see them on your laser printed hardcopy when checked -- bear in mind that your laser printers have a far lower resolution than the imagesetters that will be used.
     (C5) Fonts: If your figure uses custom or any non-standard font, the characters may appear differently when printed in the proceedings. Remember to check your figure creation that all fonts are embedded or included in the figure correctly.
     (C6) Transparencies: If a figure or image is assembled from multiple images, the images must be embedded, layers flattened or grouped together properly in the file, not lined. Transparencies should also be flattened.

D. U.S. Government employees please contact Lisa at Sheridan Printing for the correct copyright statement and information for your submission, kindly inform us of each author, their affiliations, and which program you are using to produce your submission to receive the proper copyright statement and information.

E. Click on which program you will be using to prepare your submission for the proceedings:

WORD                        LaTEX 

WORD USERS

1. Please download the template from the ACM website:  http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html.

2. Name your .doc file using your ICEC Paper # with the lead author's last name (example: de999-sheridan.doc / pp999-smith.pdf). Be sure to format your document for US/American Letter (8-1/2x11). Please check that your submission adheres to the set page limit for your type of submission (see above). See the email with notification of acceptance and formatting instructions from sigart@sheridanprinting.com for your paper id#, and link to submit your paper.

3. Insert the ACM copyright-permission statement (ICEC-perm.txt, right click and download to cut and paste into your paper). This statement should appear in 8 pt. Times New Roman, justified text, with ICEC'07 italicized. See the attached pdf as an example: ICEC-perm.pdf

4. You need to upload your .doc and .pdf files to: http://www.sheridanprinting.com/acm/sigart/sigart.cfm on or before June 14th, 8:00 AM EST (New York time).  We recommend using a modern, standards-compliant Web browser to upload the necessary files. You will receive an acknowledgment of receipt of your submission and signed forms, but due to the volume of submissions, please be patient it may take a few days to two weeks for us to process and check your submission.

5. AFTER YOU SUBMIT: A confirmation screen/window will appear and a confirmation email sent to the contact author's email address. Contained in both will be links for a completed ACM PERMISSION RELEASE FORM. Please print the form, sign, date, and FAX to Sheridan Printing ASAP (preferably on or before June 15th (8:00 AM EST, NY time)):
1-908-213-3285 or 1-908-454-2554, or a scanned copy of the signed forms can be emailed to us at: copyrightform@sheridanprinting.com
*Note: Each contributor must submit a signed form, or indicate in writing near their name and date that the one signing agent is signing for all co-authors.

LaTEX USERS

1. Please use sig-alt-release2.cls or sig-alt-release.cls  (these class files automatically insert the ACM permission statement that is needed) with the template available at: (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). Insert the following three lines in your .tex document after  \begin{document} to produce the correct copyright statement and info:

\conferenceinfo{ICEC'07,} {August 19--22, 2007, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.}

\CopyrightYear{2007}

\crdata{978-1-59593-700-1/07/0008}

***Other hints on saving space on your shorter page limit submissions, click here.

2. LaTex user, you MUST use Type 1 fonts for your submission, for help see: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/sigfaq.htm#a14 for help. If you still have difficulty check with your system administrator. PDF LaTex can be used to create a pdf file for your submission, but all fonts MUST be embedded. If all the fonts are not embedded in the pdf you submit, will we distill the mandatory PS file that is submitted. Be sure to see the recommendations for your figures and images above (item #C).

3. Please include all text (including references from the .bbl file) into one complete .tex document. We do not want a directory of multiple files, only one .tex file with all text from your submission. We do not need the figures. We are not recompiling your submission, only using the one (single-complete) source file to extract text and data that we need to make the metadata for ACM's digital library.

4. Name your .tex and .ps file using your ICEC Paper # with the lead author's last name (example: de999-weaver.tex / pp999-weaver.pdf and .ps).  Be sure to format your document for US/American Letter (8-1/2x11). Please check that your submission adheres to the set page limit for your type of submission (see above). See the email with notification of acceptance and formatting instructions from sigart@sheridanprinting.com for your paper id#, and link to submit your paper.

5. You need to submit your paper by uploading your .tex and .ps/.pdf  files to: http://www.sheridanprinting.com/acm/sigart/sigart.cfm  on or before June 14th, 8:00 AM EST (New York time).  We recommend using a modern, standards-compliant Web browser to upload the necessary files.  You will receive an acknowledgment of receipt of your submission and signed forms, but due to the volume of submissions, please be patient it may take a few days to two weeks for us to process and check your submission.

6. AFTER YOU SUBMIT: A confirmation screen/window will appear and a confirmation email sent to the contact author's email address. Contained in both will be links for a completed ACM PERMISSION RELEASE FORM. Please print the form, sign, date, and FAX to Sheridan Printing ASAP (preferably on or before June 15th (8:00 AM EST, NY time)):
1-908-213-3285 or 1-908-454-2554, or a scanned copy of the signed forms can be emailed to us at: copyrightform@sheridanprinting.com
*Note: Each contributor must submit a signed form, or indicate in writing near their name and date that the one signing agent is signing for all co-authors.

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