AUSTRALEX Conference Style Guide

Calibri 12 pt. Double spacing and margins of at least 2.5 cm.

Should describe the contents of the manuscript. Use bold for the title, centred, capitalise only the first letter in the first word and any proper nouns.

Give the names of the contributing authors as they are to appear in the text, centred, initials closed up. For more than one author, separate names with commas, except for the last which is separated from the previous name by the word "and".

List the affiliation of each author as Department, Faculty, Centre, University, etc.

Use the heading “Abstract” in bold, text smaller. Maximum 150 words. Describe the question posed in the paper, the methods used to answer this question, the results obtained, and the conclusions.

Use the heading “Keywords” in bold, text smaller. Include five or six key words. These should reflect what the work is about, and may be used by search engines.

Single column, left aligned

• First-level headings (e.g. Introduction, Conclusion) are in bold
• Second-level headings should be in bold italics
• Third-level headings should be in italics

First paragraph after a heading or new section should be left-aligned. Indent second and following paragraphs.

Tables and Figures should be placed within the manuscript. Every Figure or Table must be referred to in the text. Try not to split a Table or Figure over two pages. Number Figures, Tables and Appendices separately, with consecutive numbers. Figure and Table captions are to be left-aligned, above the Figure or Table. (Note: a photograph is a Figure.)

For quotations over 40 words, indent left and right, in 10 pts font size

Leave two blank lines before and after each equation.

Use numbers or bullets

Optional: used to thank people who have contributed in some way but are not authors; goes before the references

Goes after the references, number them consecutively, title in bold

Number pages consecutively at the bottom right of the page.

Numbers: spell out one to nine and any numbers at the start of a sentence; then 10, 15, 123, etc. Use numerals for percentages, e.g. 5%, except at the start of sentence (e.g. “Five percent...”)

5 February 1987
in the twenty-first century
in the 1960s