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These formatting guidelines are intended to create papers that are easily readable, and create consistent look throughout the proceedings. There is also a Microsoft Word Template, called “ISLS Conference Submission Template” which includes pre-set styles for formatting your submission properly. The template is in the form of a two-page exemplar poster submission and contains examples of all the major formatting issues and styles. Note that the instructions for the author list concern accepted papers and that the initial submission should be blinded for review. In addition, symposium authors need to carefully read the special guidelines for them in this guidelines document as the template does not demonstrate those issues.  \nUsing the guidelines and template  \nIt is easiest to format your document properly if you start with a copy of the template, remove its contents and type your submission into it from scratch using the preset styles in it to format each element of your text. However, realistically, this is not how most of us work. Often we are cutting and pasting text from prior work and editing it. Or we’ve already drafted the paper before we look at the template. Or we’ve constructed the paper on-line with our co-authors using a tool like google docs. And THEN we try to format it properly. The result tends to be a confusing mish-mash of styles within the document and sometimes perplexing results when styles of the same name (but different formatting) are pasted into your document. You have three options for cleaning up such formatting.  \nFormat line-by-line: Not recommended  \nSelect each line/paragraph and format it according to the guidelines using the “Format-->Font” and “Format-->Paragraph” tools and/or the buttons and such on your ruler. This process is slow, time-consuming and makes it easy to miss things. It’s also really tough on your editor, as any fixes must also be made line-by-line.  \nRedefine the styles in your paper to meet the guidelines  \nThis process can work just fine. You may run into some difficulty if at times you wrote your body text using the“Normal” style and at other times you used the “Body Text” style and yet at other times the style is some webtool defined style. This technique is hardest to use when you have a mish-mash of styles from lots of different prior documents.  \nRetype all your text into a blank template using the predefined styles  \nSounds tedious, but in the end it is probably the simplest way to go. It is certainly the technique that will make the editor’s job the easiest.  \nProof-read your paper carefully; proceedings editors only catch formatting  \nAfter all the conference papers are submitted, an editor pulls them together for publication in the proceedings made available at the conference. Due to the tight turn-around between final paper submissions and the conference itself, the editor will only fix obvious formatting problems and will not actually read the papers.  \n• Any typos, poor writing, or missing references will not be caught. It is also probable that incorrect table and figure numbering will not be caught.  \n• Not following these formatting guidelines may result in the paper being sent back to you for further edits. Most particularly, any papers that are over length after format editing will be sent back to the  \nISLS Conference Submission Guidelines 1 of 10 Last revised for CSCL 2015  \nauthors for editing down. 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