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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-11-24 00:48:05 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-11-24 00:48:05 +0000
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@@ -47,15 +47,29 @@ LaTeX fashion) and it also allows both for manuscript look and journal
look with a simple option to the class-loading command. <P>
<I>Note:</I>
-<TT>apa.cls</TT> is not in any way connected to, endorsed by, or even
- probably known at all at the American Psychological Association.<P>
+<TT>apa.cls</TT> is not in any way connected to or endorsed by
+the American Psychological Association.<P>
An <A HREF="pdf/Protopapas_1998_Eutupon1.pdf">article</A> (in Greek) about <TT>apa.cls</TT>
can be found in the first issue of
-<A HREF="http://obelix.ee.duth.gr/eft/english/eutupon.html">Eutupon</A>, the
+<A HREF="http://www.eutypon.gr/eutypon/index.html">Eutupon</A>, the
magazine of the
-<A HREF="http://obelix.ee.duth.gr/eft/english/index.html">Greek Tex Friends Group</A>.
-An English article is in preparation to appear some time in 2006.
+<A HREF="http://www.eutypon.gr/eft/index.html">Greek Tex Friends Group</A>.
+A more recent
+<A HREF="pdf/Protopapas_2007_Eutypon.pdf">article in English</A> is also availabe.
+
+<P>
+<I><B>Warning:</B><A NAME="warning">
+<TT>apa.cls</TT> has a well defined scope and purpose, and I'm already too busy for it.
+Please don't request modifications or features that are not related to the
+stated purpose (which is to create manuscripts suitable for submission to APA journals
+and to typeset these same manuscripts in true journal look). For example, if you
+want the figures in the manuscript text but the rest as in man mode, then you're
+on your own as to how you might modify <TT>apa.cls</TT> (or not) to achieve that.
+In particular, <B>if you want to write your thesis, <TT>apa.cls</TT> is not for you</B>.
+Please do not write to me asking for help with this. Use <TT>apacite</TT> for APA-style
+citations and write your own typesetting code or
+search for a thesis class suitable for your University.</I>
<H3>Manuscript look (man mode)</H3>
In man mode, <TT>apa.cls</TT> typesets a title page, abstract page, text body, then
@@ -102,10 +116,10 @@ to the text other than the format parameter.
<TT>apa.cls</TT> is written and maintained by
<A HREF="mailto:protopap@ilsp.gr">Athanassios Protopapas</A>, who currently works at the
<A HREF="http://www.ilsp.gr">Institute for Language &amp; Speech Processing</A> in Athens, Greece.
-The current version is 1.3.2, released on January 31st, 2006. It can found
+The current version is 1.3.3, released on November 13rd, 2008. It can found
on <A HREF="http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/apa/">CTAN</A>,
the LaTeX <A HREF="http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/apa.html">Catalogue</A>,
-or it may be <A HREF="dl/apa.tar.gz">downloaded from here</A>. There are no more recent
+or it may be <A HREF="dl/apacls.zip">downloaded from here</A>. There are no more recent
&ldquo;working&rdquo; versions at this time.
<P>
<TT>apa.cls</TT> is distributed under the terms of the
@@ -146,25 +160,15 @@ missing or in need of improvement) and send me the result:
<P>
Although this is a purely &ldquo;free time&rdquo; project for me, in general
I have tried to be responsive about requests related to <TT>apa.cls</TT> and
-especially when bugs or other problems are involved. Please do not hesitate
+especially when bugs or other problems are involved. Do not hesitate
to <A HREF="mailto:protopap@ilsp.gr">contact me</A> if you encounter
-difficulties or unexpected (or unacceptable) behavior when using <TT>apa.cls</TT>.
-However, I do ask that you make sure you have searched
+difficulties or unexpected (or unacceptable) behavior when using <TT>apa.cls</TT>
+to prepare manuscripts for submission, after you have searched
<A HREF="dl/apa/apacls.txt"><TT>apacls.txt</TT></A> and
<A HREF="dl/apa/examples.txt"><TT>examples.txt</TT></A>
-and failed to find an answer to your problem in there before
-you send that e-mail message.
-<P>
-<TT>apa.cls</TT> has a well defined scope and purpose, and I'm already too busy for it.
-Please don't request modifications or features that are not related to the
-stated purpose (which is to create manuscripts suitable for submission to APA journals
-and to typeset these same manuscripts in true journal look). For example, if you
-want the figures in the manuscript text but the rest as in man mode, then you're
-on your own as to how you might modify <TT>apa.cls</TT> (or not) to achieve that.
-In particular, <B>if you want to write your thesis, <TT>apa.cls</TT> is not for you</B>.
-Please do not write to me asking for help with this; your message will be ignored.
-Use <TT>apacite</TT> for APA-style citations and write your own typesetting code or
-search for a thesis class suitable for your University.
+and failed to find an answer to your problem. <I>Don't even think about writing
+to me about using <TT>apa.cls</TT> for any purpose other than preparing an APA style
+manuscript for submission to a journal.</I>
<H2><A NAME="acks">Acknowledgments</A></H2>
@@ -426,6 +430,10 @@ single file that can be processed for both <TT>man</TT> and <TT>jou</TT>. This
the purpose of <TT>apa.cls</TT>, so only resort to <TT>longtable</TT> if you absolutely
have to.
You will need the supplied <A HREF="dl/apa/endfloat.cfg"><TT>endfloat.cfg</TT></A> to use it.
+<P>
+A simpler, less clean solution for long tables (not using any specialized package) is
+shown on page 47 of an <A HREF="pdf/Protopapas_2007_Eutypon.pdf">article</A> about <tt>apa.cls</tt>.
+
<H4>Notes in tables</H4>
There is a simple way to include notes in
@@ -651,7 +659,7 @@ affiliations (for article author(s)) are supported, and that there is no
provision for A4 paper dimensions (but see
<A HREF="dl/apa/examples.txt"><TT>examples.txt</TT></A> for a workaround).<P>
-<CENTER><I>Last updated on January 10<SUP>th</SUP>, 2006<BR>by
+<CENTER><I>Last updated on November 21<SUP>st</SUP>, 2008<BR>by
<A HREF="mailto:protopap@ilsp.gr">Athanassios Protopapas</I></CENTER>
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