INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE BARLEY GENETICS NEWSLETTER

General instructions

For each paper to be included in Barley Genetics Newsletter Volume 28, a 3.5" diskette and a printed copy of the original manuscript should be sent to the Technical Editor:

before January 31 1998.

Manuscripts should be written in English and be brief. Each paper should be prepared separately, with the title and the authors' names and addresses at the top of the first page.

The diskette

Put the text for each article and each figure in a separate file. Name these files with:

• your initials
• a manuscript number
• "txt" or "fig"
• a number for each figure
• an appropriate file extension, depending on the file format

For example, the files for a manuscript from Diane Mather might be named:

• dm1txt.wpd
• dm1fig1.gif
• dm1fig2.gif

Formats for text files

The text of all articles will be converted to HTML and may be submitted in that form if desired. Other file types we can read:

• PC: WordPerfect 6.1, Microsoft Word 6.0, Microsoft Write 3.11, ASCII text
• Macintosh: Microsoft Word 6.0.1, Writenow 3.0, MacWrite 5.0, ASCII text

Preferred formats: HTML or WordPerfect.

Please keep formatting simple to facilitate electronic publication. Some special symbols can't be included in HTML documents, while others can be included, but can't be viewed by all WWW browsers.

Format for tables

Please keep tables simple (less than 80 characters wide, including spaces).

Preferred format: Tables prepared using the table features of WordPerfect or Microsoft Word (ie. not tabs) and incorporated into the text of your article.

Alternative format:: Tables in separate ASCII text files (e.g. named dm1tab1.txt, dm1tab2.txt, etc.) with columns aligned with spaces (not tabs).

Formats for figures

All figures will be converted to GIF format. Other acceptable formats:

• PC: TIFF, JPEG, RTF, TARGA, BMP, PCX, PPM, Paintbrush, Microsoft Excel 5.0, Microsoft PowerPoint, WordPerfect 6.0
• OS/2: BMP, DIB
• Macintosh: TIF, JPEG, RTF, PICT, Aldus SuperPaint 3.0, MacDraw Pro 1.0, Microsoft Excel 4.0 (graphs, charts, etc.), Adobe Photoshop 3.0, Microsoft Powerpoint, Aldus Persuation 2.1
• UNIX: TIFF, JPEG, Sun Rasterfile, X11 Bitmap
• printed copies

Preferred format: GIF

Figures submitted as bitmap image files should be no larger than 800 pixels wide X 600 pixels high. Figures submitted as object graphic image files or printed copy should be legible when reproduced at 800 X 600 pixels or less. This should be possible if the smallest lower-case text character is not smaller than 1.5% of the total height of the figure.
We can include colour figures in the electronic version, but only black and white in the hardcopy. Send both if you like.

The printed copy

Print this the way you would like to see your manuscript appear in the Newsletter. Include all tables and figures. Make it camera-ready:

• single-spaced with a double space between paragraphs
• no page numbers
• no line numbers
• text no wider than 15.5 cm and no longer than 23 cm
• text starting 3 cm down and 3 cm to the right of the upper left-hand corner of the paper

Questions?

Contact Diane Mather.