Preparation of Papers for the IEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing Applications SOFA 2005
First A. Author, Second B. Author
Authors’ Affiliations

Abstract – These instructions give you guidelines for preparing papers for the IEEE International Workshop SOFA 2005. Use this document as a template if you are using Microsoft Word 6.0 or later. Otherwise, use this document as an instruction set. Define all symbols used in the abstract. Do not cite references in the abstract.
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I.	Introduction
This document is a template for Microsoft Word 6.0 or later. If you are reading a paper version of this document, download the electronic version from the following URL: http://www.ieee-sofa.net 
The simplest way to prepare your final paper is to overtype (or copy-and-paste) the text in this document with your paper’s text. Alternatively, you can highlight sections of your text and select the appropriate style from the Style drop-down menu (normally placed to the left of the Format toolbar).
II.	Formatting your paper
The following section describes precisely the way to format your final paper before submitting it to SOFA 2005. If you have a question to which this document does not give the answer, use the general guidelines of the IEEE or ask your question in e-mail: trivent@trivent.hu This is also the address where you should send the final version of your paper when you have finished.
A.	General Formatting
All SOFA papers will be printed on A4 (21×29,7 cm) size paper. The top and bottom margins should be set to 1 in, the left and right margins to 0.7 in. Except for the title, the authors and authors’ affiliations, all text should be in a two-column format, with a column width of 3.45 in and a 0.2 in spacing between the two columns.
All text, including the headings, must be in the same font (Times New Roman, 10pt). If this font is not available on your system, use the font closest in appearance to Times New Roman.
Use US English spelling and punctuation throughout your paper.
B.	Title, Authors, and Affiliations
The paper title should be Times New Roman 14pt, boldface. A spacing of 60pt before and 24pt after the paper title is required. Avoid having a title of more than two lines.
For the names of authors use 12pt Times New Roman, regular font. If possible, type the full first names, not only the initials of each author.
The affiliations should be 10pt in size. After the affiliations, you should have a single empty paragraph with a spacing of 24pt after it.
C.	Headings
First level headings should be centered, all capitalized, and numbered with Roman numerals. A spacing of 12pt before and after first level headings is required.
Second level headings should be aligned to the left, numbered with capital letters, not all capitalized, and in italics. The spacing before and after second level headings should also be 12pt in height.
Try not to have third level headings in your paper. If for some reason you have to use third level headings, they should be the same size as the text, italicized and underlined, preceded by a single blank line and immediately followed by the text (without a line break).

Table I. Table Caption
Place here your table

Place here your figure
Fig. 1. Figure Caption
D.	Text and Equations
Normal text should be Times New Roman, 10pt. Use single line spacing. The first line of each paragraph should be indented by 0.17 in.
Equations should look like this:

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In Word, the menu command Insert Object should be used to insert an equation into the document. Select Microsoft Equation or MathType Equation (whichever you use to edit equations) with the checkbox “Float over text” unchecked.
If the equation is part of a sentence, use the appropriate punctuation after the equation.
E.	Tables and Figures
Table captions should be placed above the corresponding table, whereas figure captions should be placed below the corresponding figure. For table and figure captions use Arial font, 8pt size. Tables, figures and captions should all be centered.
Try to put tables and figures on the same page where you first refer to them. Put tables and figures to the bottom or the top of the page only. If the size of the table or figure makes it necessary, the table or figure may span both columns.
Tables and figures are numbered with Roman and Arabic numerals, respectively.
F.	Citation and References
Citation of a book [1], a paper in a journal [2], a paper in a conference proceedings [3], a PhD thesis [4], and a manual from the Internet [5]. For the list of references use Times New Roman 8pt. All paragraphs in the list of references should be justified except for Internet references where paragraphs may also be aligned to the left if necessary.
G.	What to Avoid
Do not use a header, a footer or page numbers in your document.
Do not change the font size, font spacing, line spacing, column height, width, or spacing, etc. to squeeze more text into the maximum 8 pages of your paper.
Try to use only italics for emphasis, do not underline.
Avoid headings of more than one line.
Do not use hyphenation except for very long words.
Do not use footnotes except for sponsor and financial support acknowledgments which should be placed in a single unnumbered footnote on the first page of your paper.
References
[1]	A. Editor, B. Editor, and C. Editor, Eds., This is a book, IEEE Press, 2005.
[2]	A. Author, “How to refer to papers,” IEEE Trans. on IEEE, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-10, Jan. 2005.
[3]	I. Sofa, B. Sofa, and C. Sofa, “A conference paper topology for SOFA conferences,” in Proc. of the IEEE Workshop Soft Computing Applications (SOFA 2005), Arad, Romania, 27-30 Aug. 2005, pp. 1-10.
[4]	P. Hd, PhD Thesis reference, PhD thesis, University of PhDs, Budapest, Hungary, Sep. 2003.
[5]	S. Ofa, Author’s Kit, Arad University  Aurel Vlaicu, August 2005.
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