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Examples of Layout Tips for TechnicalPapers in Microsoft Word 2000

John Krumm

Microsoft Research

Microsoft CorporationOne Microsoft Way

Redmond, WA, USA 980!

Abstract

This document, written with Microsoft Word 2000,

gives some examples of how to lay out technical

documents. It is meant to accompany the web page

that describes the techniques.

1.One-Column Title Followed by

Two-Column TextAn e"amp#e of this is sho$n a%o&e' (ote that )*&e

increased the $idth of the side mar+ins to eep the#on+ tit#e more hori-onta##y compact'

2.Numbering Equations

.a%#es $or $e## for positionin+ e/uations and

e/uation num%ers on a #ine' .he ta%#e %orders shou#d

%e in&isi%#e in the printed document, a#thou+h theysho$ up as dotted #ines on the screen'

ere is an e/uation1

ma f = 203

ere is another e/uation1

!

mce = 203

ere is a third e/uation1

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440004

555!54

!5!!!4

454!44

z

y

x

z r r r

yr r r

xr r r

z

y

x

203

(o$ ) can ha&e a cross reference to the second

e/uation, $hich is 6/uation 203'

3.Figure Captions

) can reference fi+ure captions as #on+ as they are inframes rather than te"t %o"es' 7or instance, the

picture of ee Wee erman is in 7i+ure 4' .here are

photos of three udson automo%i#es in 7i+ure !'

4.Multi-Column Figures

7i+ure ! spans t$o co#umns' )t is a ta%#e inside a

frame' uttin+ a &isi%#e %order around the framedidn*t $or $e##, so the &isi%#e %order is actua##y a

%order around the ta%#e'

4.1.Here Is a Level 2 Heading That Runs into

a Second Line

.his section is ust meant to test the formattin+ of the

:eadin+ !; sty#e'

Figure 1: Here is a picture of Pee Wee Herman.


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4.1.1.Here is a Level 3 Heading that Runs into a

Second Line

Just testin+ the :eadin+ 5; sty#e'

5.Long Equations

Sometimes an e/uation is too $ide to fit in oneco#umn' )f there is room on the ri+ht, you can ha&e it

e"tend %eyond the current co#umn' As an e"amp#e,here is a #on+ e/uation +i&in+ the .ay#or Series1

(ote that this is ust an e/uation in a ta%#e #ie the

ones a%o&e' ) ha&e specified in :.a%#e roperties;

that :.e"t $rappin+; shou#d %e :Around;' .his #ets

the ta%#e e"tend into the adacent co#umn, $hose te"tf#o$s around the e/uation'

6.The Gettysburg Address byAbraham Lincoln

7our score and se&en years a+o our fathers %rou+ht

forth on this continent a ne$ nation, concei&ed in

#i%erty and dedicated to the proposition that a## menare created e/ua#' (o$ $e are en+a+ed in a +reat

ci&i# $ar, testin+ $hether that nation or any nation so

concei&ed and so dedicated can #on+ endure' We are

met on a +reat %att#efie#d of that $ar' We ha&e cometo dedicate a portion of that fie#d as a fina# restin+<

p#ace for those $ho here +a&e their #i&es that that

nation mi+ht #i&e' )t is a#to+ether fittin+ and proper

that $e shou#d do this' =ut in a #ar+er sense, $ecannot dedicate, $e cannot consecrate, $e cannot

ha##o$ this +round' .he %ra&e men, #i&in+ and dead

$ho stru++#ed here ha&e consecrated it far a%o&e our

poor po$er to add or detract' .he $or#d $i## #itt#enote nor #on+ remem%er $hat $e say here, %ut it can

ne&er for+et $hat they did here' )t is for us the #i&in+

rather to %e dedicated here to the unfinished $or

$hich they $ho fou+ht here ha&e thus far so no%#yad&anced' )t is rather for us to %e here dedicated to

the +reat tas remainin+ %efore uso&ernments #on+esta%#ished shou#d not %e chan+ed for #i+ht and

transient causes and accordin+#y a## e"perience hathshe$n, that manind are more disposed to suffer,

$hi#e e&i#s are suffera%#e, than to ri+ht themse#&es %y

a%o#ishin+ the forms to $hich they are accustomed'

=ut $hen a #on+ train of a%uses and usurpations, pursuin+ in&aria%#y the same O%ect e&inces a desi+n

to reduce them under a%so#ute Bespotism, it is their

ri+ht, it is their duty, to thro$ off such >o&ernment,

and to pro&ide ne$ >uards for their future security'


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Co#onies and such is no$ the necessity $hich

constrains them to a#ter their former Systems of

>o&ernment' .he history of the present Kin+ of >reat

=ritain is a history of repeated inuries andusurpations, a## ha&in+ in direct o%ect the

esta%#ishment of an a%so#ute .yranny o&er these

States'

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